Osteotheke
Artist
Unknown
Datesecond half of the 2nd century
MediumMarble
Dimensions22 1/4 x 39 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (56.5 x 100.3 x 60.3 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Anne and Carl Carlson in memory of Lynn and Karl Prickett
Object number88.2
On View
On viewGazette des Beaux-Arts Supplement, "La Chronique des Arts: Principles Acquisitions des Musées en 1988," 29, illus.: fig. 150.
L. E. [Lisa Eveleigh], "Private Collectors Share Their Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1992), briefly discussed and illus. (b-w) 13.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 32.
Christina Marie Hagan, "A Child's Sarcophagus in Raleigh," Master's Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. (Reference Library and copy in file).
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Osteotheke, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 37, illus. (color).
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Osteotheke, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 76, illus. (color) 77.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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Unknown
early 1st century