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Funerary (cinerary) vase with foliate enrichment

Travertine marble

Height: 42cm, maximum
Height (excluding lid): 28.5cm
Circumference: 88cm, maximum

Museum number: M970

Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 354help-vermeule-catalogue-number

On display: Dome Area
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Curatorial note

The entire vase, including lid and handles, is enriched with large, flattened acanthus leaves. On the body they alternate with palmettes on long stalks rising from the interspacing.

Provenance help-art-provenance

Unrecorded.


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