Title: Porphyry vessel with bearded masks
Object type: Urn, cinerary
Date: ca. late 1st century BCE‒early 2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Period: Early Imperial
Medium: Porphyry
Dimensions: 10 1/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (25.5 × 30 × 24.8 cm)
Diam. of rim: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone Vases
Credit line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, The Jaharis Family Foundation Inc. Gift, Philippe de Montebello Fund, Philodoroi and Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer Gifts, The Bothmer Purchase Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran, Nicholas S. Zoullas, Patricia and Marietta Fried, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen, Aso O. Tavitian, Leon Levy Foundation and Barbara and Donald Tober Gifts, 2014
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Masks, term: Men