# Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

- By: Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
- Date: 1543
- Medium: Black ink on paper
- Classification: Ornaments
- Dimensions: Platemark: 27.7 × 19.7 cm (10 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/135909)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9ecb915833f57233b8a91b9d8aa01539.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vertical rectangle. Covered urn with handles composed of lions' heads. In the center of the body, a garland above which is a striding lion on a branch. Inscribed below: "SIC ROMAE ANTIQVI SCULPTORES EX AERE / ET MARMORE FACIEBANT."