Face Urn
AD 25–50
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Face Urn, AD 25–50. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo Roman, 2nd quarter, 1st Century. Reddish ware with gray burnished slip; diameter: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); overall: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.125 The anthropomorphized decoration of this vase may have been an attempt to ward off evil spirits.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- reddish ware with gray burnished slip
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); Overall: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1992.125
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Selected Acquisitions, CMA 1993: "Selected Acquisitions," Bull., 80 (Feb. 1993), p. 65, no. 5, repr. p 41
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 103 Roman
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