Rubens Vase
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title:
Rubens Vase
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The Rubens Vase is a Late Antique or early Byzantine hardstone carving of a single piece of agate in the form of a vase, named after a later owner, Peter Paul Rubens,, who in Flanders made a pen drawing of it, which is now held in the Hermitage Museum. The handles are decorated with the head of Pan on each side with acanthus leaves beneath each head, curled up. It is believed to have been commissioned by a Byzantine emperor, perhaps around 400 AD, and made in Constantinople. That it appeared in
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Late anique carved stone vase
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens_Vase
date created:
2021-02-02T14:30:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T12:11:19Z
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