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The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd century CE, discovered in 1773 by the Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa at , between Genzano and Civita Lavinia, near the ancient Lanuvium, in Lazio, southeast of Rome. The ovoid vase has volute handles in the manner of a pottery krater. It is carved with a deep frieze in bas-relief, occupying most of the body, illustrating a Bacchanalian procession. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for £250. Townley's collection, long on display in his London house in Park Street, was bought for the British Museum after his death in 1805.

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  • Le vase Townley est un grand vase en marbre romain du IIe siècle de notre ère, découvert en 1773 par l'antiquaire écossais et marchand d'antiquités Gavin Hamilton, en train de fouiller une villa romaine à Monte Cagnolo, entre Genzano et Civita Lavinia, près du Lanuvium, au sud-est de Rome. Le vase ovoïde, d'une hauteur de 93 cm, a des poignées en volute à la manière d'un Cratère en céramique. Il est sculpté d'une frise profonde en bas-relief occupant la plus grande partie du corps, illustrant une procession bacchanalienne. Son nom vient du collectionneur anglais Charles Townley, qui l’a acheté à Hamilton en 1774 pour 250 £. La collection de Townley, longtemps exposée dans sa maison de Londres à Park Street, a été achetée pour le British Museum après sa mort en 1805. Au 19e siècle, on imaginait souvent que l'Ode sur une urne grecque de John Keats (1819) était inspirée du vase Townley, bien que les critiques modernes suggèrent plutôt que l'inspiration était plus générique et pouvait aussi provenir des scènes de William Hamilton qui décrivait la collection de vases grecs qui sont entrés dans la collection du British Museum à peu près au même moment. Des copies du vase Townley ont été réalisées en plâtre et en marbre d'imitation au XIXe siècle. Au tournant du XXe siècle, la Manifattura di Signa a réalisé des versions en terre cuite en Italie. Entre les deux guerres mondiales, les lampes de table inspirées du vase Townley identifiaient les ménages « cultivés ». (fr)
  • The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd century CE, discovered in 1773 by the Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa at , between Genzano and Civita Lavinia, near the ancient Lanuvium, in Lazio, southeast of Rome. The ovoid vase has volute handles in the manner of a pottery krater. It is carved with a deep frieze in bas-relief, occupying most of the body, illustrating a Bacchanalian procession. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for £250. Townley's collection, long on display in his London house in Park Street, was bought for the British Museum after his death in 1805. In the 19th century it was often imagined that Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) was inspired by the Townley Vase, though modern critics suggest instead that the inspiration was more generic, and may have also owed something to scenes portrayed on William Hamilton's collection of Greek vases which entered the BM collection at around the same time. Copies of the Townley Vase were made in plaster and imitation marble throughout the 19th century. At the turn of the 20th century terracotta versions were made by Manifattura di Signa in Italy. Between the World Wars, table lamps modelled after the Townley Vase identified "cultured" households. (en)
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  • Le vase Townley est un grand vase en marbre romain du IIe siècle de notre ère, découvert en 1773 par l'antiquaire écossais et marchand d'antiquités Gavin Hamilton, en train de fouiller une villa romaine à Monte Cagnolo, entre Genzano et Civita Lavinia, près du Lanuvium, au sud-est de Rome. Le vase ovoïde, d'une hauteur de 93 cm, a des poignées en volute à la manière d'un Cratère en céramique. Il est sculpté d'une frise profonde en bas-relief occupant la plus grande partie du corps, illustrant une procession bacchanalienne. Son nom vient du collectionneur anglais Charles Townley, qui l’a acheté à Hamilton en 1774 pour 250 £. La collection de Townley, longtemps exposée dans sa maison de Londres à Park Street, a été achetée pour le British Museum après sa mort en 1805. (fr)
  • The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd century CE, discovered in 1773 by the Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa at , between Genzano and Civita Lavinia, near the ancient Lanuvium, in Lazio, southeast of Rome. The ovoid vase has volute handles in the manner of a pottery krater. It is carved with a deep frieze in bas-relief, occupying most of the body, illustrating a Bacchanalian procession. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for £250. Townley's collection, long on display in his London house in Park Street, was bought for the British Museum after his death in 1805. (en)
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