Miniature Copy of the Portland Vase
1905
Artists
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).
Dimensions
10.48 x 6.99 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Provenance
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.
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