# Vase (Plate 3 of Series)

- By: Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
- Date: 1543
- Medium: Black ink on paper
- Classification: Ornaments
- Dimensions: Platemark: 24 × 18 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/16 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/135911)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3b8c33d42db781dd96f2cc4f98c84be8.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. Ewer, with handle composed of a bird's leg, and spiral neck ending in a mascaron. Half-figures and a crab decorate the body. Inscribed below: "ROMAE AB ANTIQVO REPERTVM MD XXXXIII" and "A.E.V." on a tablet.