| Title |
Portland Vase (scene 2) |
| Style Period |
Ancient Rome: Empire; Antiquity |
| Description |
The meaning of the images on the vase is unclear and controversial. Some interpretations of this side are: Hermes and Aphrodite; A divinatory dream by Hecuba that the Judgement of Paris would lead to the destruction of Troy; Ariadne languishing on Naxos; and Octavia Minor, abandoned by Mark Antony, between her brother Augustus and Venus Genetrix, the ancestor of Augustus and Octavia's Julian gens. |
| Subject AAT |
Mercury; Venus |
| Creation Date |
early 1st Century CE |
| Form |
object |
| Medium |
glass, blue and white cameo |
| Dimensions |
H: 9-3/4" |
| Repository |
British Museum, London (England) |
| Classes |
ART 3200: History of Ceramics |
| Source |
British Museum, London (England); Slide Library 140 -Antiquity Material Culture: anonymous |
| Work ID |
3078 |
| Rights |
© Trustees of the British Museum |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fv1x2m |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
29227 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv1x2m |
