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Mug

Artist Unknown

Datelast quarter 4th century BCE

MediumTerracotta, glossed with added color

Dimensionsheight and diameter: 4 7/8 × 3 in. (12.4 × 7.6 cm)
diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McGrady

Object number91.14

On View

On view

ProvenanceProvenience unknown. Private collection, Germany [1]; [The Galleries at La Jolla, La Jolla, CA)]; donated to public TV benefit art auction, item 7106, [2] (La Jolla, CA?), 1983; Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McGrady, San Marcos, CA and Cary, NC, 1983; given to NCMA, 1991.

[1] See 1983 art auction donor form. No further details supplied about collector.
[2] Per donor, see letter to Mary Ellen Soles dated August 9, 1990.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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