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Vessel Ornament of Banqueter

c. 400–375 BC

This object has related works. See Vessel Ornament of Reclining Flutist; Vessel Ornament of Reclining Lyre-player; Vessel Ornament of Banqueter Holding an Omphalos; Vessel Ornament of Banqueter; Vessel Ornament of Banqueter

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century

Bronze

Overall: 5.1 x 1.8 cm (2 x 11/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Brummer 1989.38

Location

102D Pre-Roman

Fun Fact

This reclining male banqueter demonstrates the posture of symposium guests.

Provenance
?-1908
Collection of the Marchese di Riofreddo e Gagliardi
?-1943
William R. Hearst, sold to Brummer Gallery
1943-1949
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to H.K. Montif
1949-?
H.K. Montif
?-1989
From the Ella Bache Brummer Collection, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1989-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Casa di Vendite Jandolo et Tavazzi (Rom). Catalogo delle pregevoli collezioni di oggetti d'arte e mobili antichi, spettanti al Signor Marchese di Rioffreddo ed ai Signori Gagliardi di Firenze. [1], [1]. 1908. No. 517
The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5415 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
Galerie Koller Zürich. The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol I: Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art. 1979. No. 547E, cat: 95-97
E. H. T. "The Year in Review: Selections 1989." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (1990): 38-78. p. 66, no. 8 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.38