Harvard Art Museums > 1932.56.123: 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 , 1932.56.123,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292378. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1932.56.123 Title Fragment of a Cinerarium Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 100-120 CE Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292378 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble, probably Hymettan Dimensions actual: 11.7 x 31.7 x 15 cm (4 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, Class of 1894 Accession Year 1932 Object Number 1932.56.123 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 1990120 Fragment of a Cinerarium The double-fillet molding on the front and the two sides survives. The upper surface and the back are broken irregularly. The material is a very low grade marble, probably Hymettan. There is an ancient hole in the lower front, as if the body had been reused as a small fountain. The interior was plastered at the time of this second use. The bottom is cut and finished roughly. The front is decorated with a looped garland of leaves and buds. At each corner is a sphinx, shown in double-image profile. A late Flavian cinerarium, or a Trajanic monument for a freedperson of the Flavian dynasty, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, shows how the Harvard cinerarium could be completed, with eagles above the sphinxes to hold the ends of the garland as it is draped around the sides and bottom of the inscription plate (Comstock, Vermeule, 1976, p. 148, no. 239). 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. 131, no. 120 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
