CAPITOLINO VASE in terracotta copy of Capitolini Museums Vase with square base

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CAPITOLINO VASE in terracotta copy of Capitolini Museums Vase with square base

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Classical roman vase (1st century A.D.) with simple square base in terracotta.
This vase is at the Campidoglio in Rome in the Capitoline Museums and is one of the famous vases designed by Giovanni Battista Piranesi from 1720 to 1778.
Copies made in terracotta with measures 1: 1.

This vase is published in the book: PIRANESI - The Complete Etchings.
Publisher: TASCHEN

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Height	55.12 in	140 cm
Weight	231.49 lbs	105 Kg
Square base	26.38 in X 26.38 in	67 X 67 cm
Outer diameter	43.31 in	110 cm
Internal diameter	35.43 in	90 cm
Maximum diameter	43.31 in	110 cm
Mouth wide	43.31 in	110 cm
Material	Terracotta
Note 01	Vase base 53 X 53 cm

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This is the famous vase of the Capitoline Museums, called "Capitoline Vase".
The vase was designed by Giovan Battista Piranesi 1720-1778 in the seventeenth century.

You will find it in the book dedicated to Piranesi, Taschen collection, page 614.
Piranesi has designs two sides, with the title: “Vaso antico di marmo che si vede nel Museo Capitolino alto palmi 7... (un palmo = 20 cm 7x20 = 140 cm)."
I due splendidi disegni sono stati dedicati al “Signore Roberto Udinij Cavaliere inglese amatore delle belle Arti”, “in segno d’ossequi Il cavaliere Gio. Batt’a Piranesi”.