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Portland Vase

Roman cameo glass vase
VisualArtwork vase Q609292

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
vase, archaeological artefact, work of art[3][4]
Inception
100[11]
Country
Ancient Rome[2]
Location
British Museum[10]
Collection
British Museum[8]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The New Student's Reference Work[13][14][15]
Diameter
+17.7, +9.3[19][20]
Height
+24.5, +9.6[16][17]
Inventory number
GR 1945,0927.1[9]
Location of creation
Rome[12]
Location of discovery
Monte del Grano[7]
Made from material
cameo glass[6]
Named after
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland[5]
Width
+1.8[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Barberini Vase en Portland Vase ar آنية بورتلاند cs Portlandova váza de Portlandvase es Vasija de Portland fa گلدان پورتلند fi Portlandin maljakko fr Vase Portland he אגרטל פורטלנד hu Portland-váza id Jambangan Portland it Vaso Barberini it Vaso Portland ja ポートランドの壺 ko 포틀랜드 베이스 nl Portlandvaas pl Waza portlandzka pt Vaso de Portland ru Портлендская ваза
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
194070340, 219401717
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2005002689
GND ID
4200092-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Portland Vase BM Gem4036 n4.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15737585z
Described at URL
www.britishmuseum.org
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Portland-Vase
FAST ID
1737444
Freebase ID
/m/065k5
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Portlandvasen
IdRef ID
13457382X
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007547144705171
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3960744
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtdw2gmWiXfS
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zmvpjwr4
Yale LUX ID
concept/c8d622f6-e17e-4e1a-af50-668e56a0d4e2

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
work of art, vase, archaeological artefact
Collection 1
British Museum
Country 1
Ancient Rome
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Location 1
British Museum
Location of creation 1
Rome
Made from material 1
cameo glass
Named after 1
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Portland Vase is a vase[1].

Related Entities

British Museum William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, ro, ru, uk */ Add the Danish and Romanian labels lex.dk (Portlandvasen) and ro:Cleopatra use, and Russian, Danish, Ukrainian and Romanian descriptions"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+17.7'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+9.3'}
    Inception → +0100-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → vase, archaeological artefact, work of art
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007547144705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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