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Greco-Roman

Funerary Vase, 425-400 BCE

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Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Greco-Roman

Title

Funerary Vase

Year

425-400 BCE

Medium

Marble

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • white island marble

Dimensions

Height: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

26.271

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Sculpture

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Florence Koehler as Collector

February 13 - March 29, 1981

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Constructed to hold perfume or perfumed ointment, this marble vase may have been used for baths, banquets, or weddings. However, the primary function of the ointment vase (exaleiptron) was as a funerary gift. Several examples exist of white-ground lekythoi, or oil flasks, depicting these vases in use. The elaborate shape of the vase is too complex for it to have been carved from one piece of marble; such vases are usually assembled of six pieces, the base, stem, lower bowl, upper bowl, lid, and knob. The knob belonging to this vase has been lost.

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