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.
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.