British Museum, Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · London : C. Knight · leaf 261
247 TOWNLEY GALLERY, An oval Urn of marble, fluted, consecrated to the memory of Publius Octanus Secundus, by his son A tablet in front bears this inscription : D. M. P. OCTANI SECUNDI FIL. FEC. The lid is modern. Mr. Townley purchased this urn at Rome in 1774. Its height, including the top, is… … Three Vases are here brought together, rich in their material, but without ornament or inscription. The first. No. 30*, is a broad, but elegantly-shaped vessel of yellow alabaster, in which white onychine stripes are intermixed. Its greatest height, to the upper part of the lid, is twenty-one…
Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · British Museum · Sculpture, Classical
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