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The Stowe VaseHadrianic period, 117-138

Not on view
Large cream-toned classical urn with serpent handles and high-relief grapevine and putto frieze, displayed on a square pedestal with rosette medallion
Large marble or plaster krater-form vase on a square pedestal base, with two serpentine handles terminating in animal heads at the rim. The body features high-relief figural decoration including putti, standing figures, grapevines, and a central medallion, in a weathered cream and gray tone.
Large marble urn with serpent handles, raised on a fluted pedestal base; the body carved in high relief with putti, draped figures, and trailing grapevines; weathered cream surface with visible cracks.
Large marble urn with two intertwined serpent handles at the rim, carved in high relief with putti, garland swags, and grape clusters around the body, raised on a fluted pedestal base.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
The Stowe Vase
Culture
Roman
Place Made
Unknown
Date Made
Hadrianic period, 117-138
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Vase: 47 × 40 × 30 in. (119.38 × 101.6 × 76.2 cm) Base: 41 5/8 × 28 3/8 × 26 1/4 in. (105.73 × 72.07 × 66.68 cm) Vase and Base together: 88 5/8 × 68 3/8 × 56 1/4 in. (225.11 × 173.67 × 142.88 cm) Weight (Total weight with slate crate (w/steel frame), object and base.): 1 Ton 940 lb. (1333.6 kg)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
51.18.8
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers. "Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the Silver Buckingham Vases." The Burlington Magazine 162, no.1407 (June 2020): 502-511.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Transformation: the LACMA Campaign. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2008.