ECL-Bn.10:37-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.10:37-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Vase
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The vase is a deep bowl of mottled green marble, perhaps serpentine, with convex fluting round the bottom, and stands on a simple foot. The lid or cover is more elaborate: convex flutings radiate from the base of a high knob, on which crouches an Egyptian figure wearing a loin cloth and enormous wig of tiered curls. Measurements are given at various places in 'once' figures.
Content (object)
vase with lid
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 620mm
width (actual size): 459mm
width (actual size): 459mm
Inscription
in Palace Giustiniani Rome/Ye ornament or cover of brass/ bigness of ye original written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
watercolour and body colour (?) on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Lanciani ('vaso cinerario di serpentino con coperchio di metallo')
