Rome / Face Vase / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6624
Object Name: Face Vase
Lot: Van Deman, Esther
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Height: 12.9
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Vase in good condition. Female head and neck serve as body of a vase. Woman wears headdress which leaves only the hair on the forehead down to the ears exposed. This headdress opens into the wide mouth of the vase. Dull buff-orange clay.
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6624
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6624/0000_00_6624p02.tif

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Full citation: "Rome; Face Vase; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6624/0000_00_6624p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.