8-4523b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.169
Description:
Watercolor painting on cardboard. Sarcophagus lid, terra cotta, Klazomenai, Asia Minor, 6th century BC. Watercolor painting by Eleanor H. Suplee.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Klazomenai (ancient city), Ionia
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Maker or artist:
Eleanor Harrison Suplee
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1904
Place depicted:
Klazomenai (ancient city), Ionia
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Watercolors (paintings)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
width 54.928 centimeters and height 38.735 centimeters
Title:
Sarcophagus lid (Title Subject)
Comment:
Sarcophagus brought to Smyrna by brigands. Sold to British government £250. Terribly broken—not perfectly made when found. Two men were employed 12 months to restore it. Original is in British Museum.