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Cinerary urn with offering scene
Cinerary urn with offering scene

Cinerary urn with offering scene

about A.D. 150
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, Turkey
DimensionsOverall: 36.8 × 48.9 × 41.6 cm (14 1/2 × 19 1/4 × 16 3/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated in memory of Emily Townsend Vermeule
Accession number2002.25
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy the 1950s or 1960s: the Stirt Collection, Vevey, Switzerland; by December 2001: with Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020; December 6, 2001: purchased on behalf of MFA by Brian T. Aitken, Acanthus Gallery, 535 E. 72nd St., New York, NY 10021 at Christie's auction 9796 (Dec. 5-6, 2001, lot 598); museum purchase from Brian T. Aitken with funds donated by Cornelius C. Vermeule III in memory of Emily Townsend Vermeule, January 28, 2002; accessioned by MFA, February 27, 2002