Harvard Art Museums > 1949.108: Fragment of a Cinerarium Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of a Cinerarium , 1949.108,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291712. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.108 Title Fragment of a Cinerarium Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 50 CE Period Roman Imperial period, Early Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291712 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions actual: 17.3 x 17.8 x 3.8 cm (6 13/16 x 7 x 1 1/2 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. Norman Vuilleumier on behalf of Mrs. Clifford Moore's Estate Accession Year 1949 Object Number 1949.108 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 1990119 Fragment of a Cinerarium Two sections of an architectural façade survive flanking a large Ionic pilaster. The marble is of architectural nature, probably Hymettan. The fragment has been broken irregularly across the top and bottom. The left and right edges have been squared off, the right edge more perfectly than the left. The remaining mortar on the back amid the root marks shows this fragment was recut as building material. At a date in the Renaissance or later, it may have been inserted in a palazzo or garden wall. Two sepulchral portals are shown, that on the left with a curved pediment or top, that on the right having a triangular top. A large marble cinerary urn of the late Julio-Claudian or Flavian periods in the J. Paul Getty Museum has complex portals between pilasters on one of the ends, all designed to make the chest for the ashes of the deceased look like a miniature temple or sepulchral building (Vermeule, C., Neuerburg, 1973, pp. 38-39, no. 86). An example from the Mattei collection in the Belvedere of the Vatican, used by one Q. Vitellius, has pedimented portals on all four sides (Amelung, 1908, pp. 249-250, pl. 15). The lid, as is usual here, takes the form of a Greek roof, with pediments, tiles, and antefixes. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 130, no. 119 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
