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Miniature Copy of the Portland Vase
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A miniature blue jasper ware copy of the Portland vase, a Greco-Roman cameo glass amphora dating from the first century A.D., purchased by the Duke of Portland from Sir William Hamilton in 1786 and now in the British Museum. The bas-relief scenes decorating the vase are purported to depict the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (mother of Achilles).
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Edtih Sigourney Hall Winchester MA gift [1]; to Anna Araxy Yeshilian Watertown MA 1930 gift; to Fogg Art Museum 2 003.
[1] Anna was a young girl when she used to visit her family friend Edith Sigourney Hall of Chelsea MA (later Winchester) who gave her the vase after her husband's death.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Anna Araxy Yeshilian in memory of Edith Sigourney Hall
Title: Miniature Copy of the Portland Vase
Description:
A miniature blue jasper ware copy of the Portland vase, a Greco-Roman cameo glass amphora dating from the first century A.
D.
, purchased by the Duke of Portland from Sir William Hamilton in 1786 and now in the British Museum.
The bas-relief scenes decorating the vase are purported to depict the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (mother of Achilles).
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