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Marble Urn in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007

Marble Urn in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007

Marble Urn
ca. 400

Byzantine

An openwork grapevine decorates this massive urn. Such vases are often depicted in both secular and religious works of art of the period, including mosaics, textiles, gold jewelry, and silver book covers.

Object Details

Title: Marble Urn

Date: ca. 400

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: 21 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (55.2 × 52.4 cm)
Other (diameter at base): 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Vessels

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1952

Accession Number: 52.88

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468422

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