Charles Townley Vase Lrg Black. Urn marble Dr Livingstone and numerous other

Dr Livingstone and numerous other leading personalities of the day

the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance

created by the layering of bronze to the marble surface and treated numerous times with bronzing chemicals and then hand polished once the patina colour is achieved

Titus and Vespasian

Sculpted by Houdon

Charles Townley Vase Lrg Black. Urn marble Dr Livingstone and numerous otherThe Charles Townley vase. Roman, 2nd century AD Found at a villa at Monte Cagnolo, near Rome This marble vase, an adapted form of the Greek volute krater, is decorated in high relief with a Bacchic scene, featuring the rustic deity Pan, and <href="ilink ,_blank ">Bacchus' wild followers, both male (satyrs) and female (maenads). The vase gets its name from the famous collector Charles Townley (AD 1737 1805). Gavin Hamilton, Charles Townley's agent in