Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector · Scholar · Finder

Colonna-Ceccaldi

fl. 1869–1872

Collector and scholar, active 1869–1872. Sold to Louvre.

Through their hands

4 records

Came from

Own excavations
Sources not named1871
Colonna-Ceccaldi

Went to

1869 ×2Musée du Louvre
1869Acheteur non nommé
SalePassed onWho objects came from and went to, as the sources record it
  1. 1869–1872

    TransferThe animal-shaped askos was recorded as acquired from Colonna-Ceccaldi.

    Passed objects to Musée du Louvreaskos en forme d'animalNo. Inv. N 3350Decaudin 1993, p. 5Decaudin 1993, p. 20Decaudin 1993, p. 6Hellmann 1991, p. 17

  2. 1869

    SalepossiblyThe Ceccaldi collection was purchased for 6000 francs; the buyer was not identified.

    With acheteur non nomméla collection Ceccaldi6000 francsHellmann 1991, p. 18

  3. 1871

    AcquisitionColonna-Ceccaldi acquired two Bichrome IV jugs at Dali.

    No. MNB 71 (= N 3671), MNB 3670Fourrier 2005, p. 56

  4. n.d.

    SaleColonna-Ceccaldi's limestone sculptures from a cistern were sold to the Louvre.

    Sold to LouvreUlbrich 2011, p. 207

In the field

1 record

lower terrace

  • FoundThe brothers Colonna-Ceccaldi found and emptied a cistern filled with limestone sculptures.

    Ulbrich 2011, p. 206

Recording and study

1 record
Studied1

  • Colonna-Ceccaldi studied statuary from Golgoi-Agios Photos and established a chronological system of style and typology.

    statuary excavated from Golgoi-Agios PhotosPapantoniou 2012, p. 23

Also named in

Sources

  1. 1.Antoinette J. Decaudin (1993). “Musée de Cannes. Chypre dans l'antiquité. Catalogue”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 19. Online
  2. 2.Marie-Christine Hellmann (1991). “W. Froehner et Chypre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16, 17-28. Online
  3. 3.Anja Ulbrich (2011). “Unpublished Sculptures from Ancient Idalion: The Earliest Provenanced Find-Assemblage in the Ashmolean Cypriot Collection”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41, 183-210. Online
  4. 4.S. Fourrier (2005). “Vases archaïques d'Amathonte au musée du Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 55-76. Online
  5. 5.G. Papantoniou (2012). Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus: From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos. Leiden and Boston, Brill. Online
  6. 6.A. Ulbrich (2011). “Unpublished sculpture from ancient Idalion”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41.