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A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases

$3,500.00

Call For Location | 203-325-8070


9' High X 3" Wide X 3" Deep
The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd Century CE.   Discovered in 1773 by Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa at Monte Cagnolo, between Genzano and Civita Lavinia, near the ancient Lanuvium, in Lazio, south east of Rome.  The ovoid case has volute handles in the manner of a pottery Krater.    Its Name comes from the English collector Charles Townley who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for 250 English pounds.
A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases

Antiquarian At Greenwich

A Pair of Bronze and Marble Townley Vases

$3,500.00

Call For Location | 203-325-8070


The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd Century CE.   Discovered in 1773 by Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa at Monte Cagnolo, between Genzano and Civita Lavinia, near the ancient Lanuvium, in Lazio, south east of Rome.  The ovoid case has volute handles in the manner of a pottery Krater.    Its Name comes from the English collector Charles Townley who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for 250 English pounds.

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