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Cinerary urn of L. Cassius Colonus Colonianus
Cinerary urn of L. Cassius Colonus Colonianus

Cinerary urn of L. Cassius Colonus Colonianus

about A.D. 200
Medium/TechniqueMarble, dolomitic marble from the Greek island of Thasos
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 37.2 (with lid) x 32.5 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 12 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBenjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund
Accession number1972.356
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1964: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (auction 5, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, November 7, 1964, lot 16); by 1972: with Royal Athena Gallery, 1000 Madison Avenue, New York 10028; purchased by MFA from Royal Athena Gallery, May 10, 1972
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of a woman
about A.D. 120
Head of Polyphemos
about 150 B.C. or later
Hermes
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
Head of a youth ("The Nelson Head")
about mid-2nd century A.D.
Head of Bacchus (Dionysos)
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210