ECL-Bm.3:49-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.3:49-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Vase with relief decoration and figured lid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
49: lid, decorated with figures in very high relief. Two females, one wearing scale armour, sit and lean towards one another. The one on right has fasces, a shield and a helmet, the other a horn and a shield, and holds a garland (?) with which a putto plays as he sits on a shield between them in the foreground.
50: one side of the vase, which is a high bowl on a foot. This side shows a sacrifice at a garlanded table with animal legs, behind which (or on which) are two heads on a pillar. On right a half-draped man holds a patera and a snake, and a draped woman holds a patera, while on left there is a woman with a snake and another holding a cornucopia and patera. Garlands hang above the scene, with a putto head at the centre. At each side of the scene, and dividing the two halves of the vase, stands a large nude female figure stretching her arms out backwards along the garland.
51: The other side of the vase. Here is shown a sacrifice at a rectangular altar, which is set obliquely, has animal feet, heavy garlands and nude female figures in relief. On left stands a woman holding a broad dish, on right a woman carries fruit in a fold of her garment and is followed closely by a small girl. Behind the altar a child pours out the contents of a globular jar.
50: one side of the vase, which is a high bowl on a foot. This side shows a sacrifice at a garlanded table with animal legs, behind which (or on which) are two heads on a pillar. On right a half-draped man holds a patera and a snake, and a draped woman holds a patera, while on left there is a woman with a snake and another holding a cornucopia and patera. Garlands hang above the scene, with a putto head at the centre. At each side of the scene, and dividing the two halves of the vase, stands a large nude female figure stretching her arms out backwards along the garland.
51: The other side of the vase. Here is shown a sacrifice at a rectangular altar, which is set obliquely, has animal feet, heavy garlands and nude female figures in relief. On left stands a woman holding a broad dish, on right a woman carries fruit in a fold of her garment and is followed closely by a small girl. Behind the altar a child pours out the contents of a globular jar.
Content (object)
lid
Content (note)
The lid of the vase Bm 3. 50 and 51
Dimensions
height (actual size): 408mm
width (actual size): 541mm
width (actual size): 541mm
Inscription
Coperchio del detto vaso di Palavicini
Inscription description
written in pencil on the back of the drawing: 49
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
