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Source Description
This wheel-thrown vase is decorated with humanlike facial features and a phallus applied to the face’s cheek. Wide arching eyebrows meet at the short bridge of the face’s puggy nose, which sits over lips pursed around its protruding tongue. Finger marks can be seen around the eyes and eyebrows where clay was added onto the surface of the vessel to form the facial features.
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Document identity
localId
156289
label
Face Urn
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
156289
contentType
object
title
Face Urn
description
This wheel-thrown vase is decorated with humanlike facial features and a phallus applied to the face’s cheek. Wide arching eyebrows meet at the short bridge of the face’s puggy nose, which sits over lips pursed around its protruding tongue. Finger marks can be seen around the eyes and eyebrows where clay was added onto the surface of the vessel to form the facial features.
date
25–50 CE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60752651
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); Overall: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
cul
Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo Roman, 2nd quarter, 1st Century
accession
1992.125
Source extras
tec
reddish ware with gray burnished slip
tombstone
Face Urn, 25–50 CE. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo Roman, 2nd quarter, 1st Century. Reddish ware with gray burnished slip; diameter: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); overall: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.125
collection
GR - Roman
didYouKnow
The phallus was often used as a protective symbol in the ancient world.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 41; Mentioned: p. 41, 65
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:07:50.771000
sourceId
156289
dept
Greek and Roman Art
coll
GR - Roman
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reddish ware with gray burnished slip
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1
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0
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photo
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