Pompeii / Reproduction / Paint

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0337
Object Name: Reproduction
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Paintings
Full Artifact Description: Slightly convex, rectangular plaque. Unevenly broken along right edge; approximately one third of plaque is missing. Complete perforation near bottom left corner; portion of a perforation along broken edge near top right corner. Narrow plain border along left side and bottom. Near midpoint of bottom was a hemispherical vase, of which only the left half survives. From the vase grow several vine stems. At the point where some of the stems bifurcate, a lily palmette occurs. Some of the shorter stems then encircle grape clusters, and in one case, a five-lobed palmette. The topmost portion of the main design is enclosed by an inverted V-shaped frame, of which two thirds survives. The frame consists of a notched band flanked by narrower plain bands. In the two triangular spaces created above the frame occurs a volute form. The back of the plaque is smoothed.
Materials: Paint

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Pompeii

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Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0337
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0337/1

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Full citation: "Pompeii; Reproduction; Paint." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0337/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.