The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, which is dated between AD 1 and AD 25, though low BC dates have some scholarly support. [1] It is the best known piece of Roman …

Portland Vase, Roman vase (1st century ad) of dark blue glass decorated with white figures, the finest surviving Roman example of cameo glass. Originally owned by the Barberini family (and …

Now the property of the most powerful family in Rome, and placed at the heart of the city's most important artistic circle, the Barberini Vase, as it was known before it entered the Portland …

The original Portland Vase, also known as the Barberini Vase as it was in the famous collection of the powerful Barberini family of Rome, is a cameo glass (etched glass) vessel discovered in a …

Mar 5, 2017 · History of the Wedgwood Portland vase begins with he original Barberini Vase, probably the most famous vase ( made about 50 B.C. of glass) and the finest example of …

According to the Corning Museum of Glass, the Portland Vase is as famous as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The original ancient vase, originally called the Barberini Vase, was once …

Oct 30, 2017 · As secretary to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, dal Pozza had front-row seats to the cameo glass vase. Cardinal Del Monte died in 1626 and the vase was acquired by the …

The Barberini Vase, as it was initially called, was widely published in guidebooks, pattern books, and copied well before Wedgwood made his limited editions.

One of the most famous surviving Roman works of art, The Portland Vase, is a fused glass vase and was believed to have been made during the reign of Augustus, sometime between 27 BC …

Sep 24, 2013 · History and description of the Barberini or Portland vase. Portland Vase., Vases, Roman., Vases, Ancient., Liverpool Royal Institution. Digital version available with no …