Hellenistic Glass Skyphos

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Artist Unknown Greek

CultureGreek

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Hellenistic Glass Skyphos

Datec. 2nd century BC

MediumGlass

Dimensions3 9/16 × 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (9.1 × 13.8 × 7.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio

Object number2024.1230

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ProvenanceK. Strang, Cologne, Germany, 1965 [1].
F. Heuser, Cologne, Germany, 1978 [2].
J. Frickel, Cologne, Germany, 2008 [3];
David and Jennifer Giles, London, by 2009 [4];
[Arielle Kozloff, Cincinnati, February 2, 2009] [5];
Acquired by Frances Marzio, Houston, through the previous, 2009-2024 [6];
By bequest, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2024-Present

[1] Information provided by invoice dated January 9, 2009 from David and Jennifer Giles.
[2] Information provided by invoice dated January 9, 2009 from David and Jennifer Giles
[3] Information provided by invoice dated January 9, 2009 from David and Jennifer Giles.
[4] Information provided by invoice dated January 9, 2009 from David and Jennifer Giles. At this time, the previous collectors’ names, years, and collections are unverified by other sources, but provenance research is continuing.
[5] Arielle Kozloff functioned as the dealer between David and Jennifer Giles and Frances Marzio and arranged the loan agreement with the MFAH, per documentation in the MFAH Archives and the invoice (Object File).
[6] Offered by the estate of Frances Marzio (1947-2022) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2023.
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