Funerary Urn

1st-2nd century CE (Roman Imperial) H: 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm) Citation Source image

This transparent blue-green blown glass funerary urn sits on a flat base and is globular in shape. The two u-shaped handles were separately created and applied using the blown glass technique. The jar would have once contained cremated human remains and been covered by a lid i...

Artifact

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1869
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object
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normalized
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Culture
Roman
Genre
urns

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