Title: Monumental vase
Object type: Vase
Date: lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819
Artist: Pedestal and mounts by Pierre Philippe Thomire 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1751–1843 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Russian malachite, composite filling material; gilt-bronze mounts; bronze pedestal
Dimensions: Overall: H. with pedestal 109 1/4 in., Wt. 1575lb. (277.5 cm, 714.4153kg); Vase: H. without pedestal 63 3/4 x Circum. at top 54 x Circum. at bottom 30 (161.9 x 137.2 x 76.2 cm); Pedestal: H. 45 1/2 x W. 37 1/2 x D. 37 1/2 in. (115.6 x 95.3 x 95.3 cm)
Classification: Natural Substances
Credit line: Purchase, Admiral Frederic R. Harris Gift, 1944
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY