Charles Townley Vase Lrg Black. Urn marble and every detail of the

and every detail of the extraordinary carving to be fully appreciated

and intimate friend of Rodin who called him 'My dear master

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Charles Townley Vase Lrg Black. Urn marble and every detail of theThe 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