English translation for "vase portland"

portland vase

Example Sentences:

	1.	Hamilton had bought it from a dealer and sold it to the Duchess of Portland. Hamilton avait surtout un temps possédé le vase Portland (avant de le vendre à la duchesse de Portland qui lui donna son nom).
	2.	The British Museum holds two of the finest Roman pieces, the Lycurgus Cup, which is a murky mustard color but glows purple-red to transmitted light, and the Portland vase which is midnight blue, with a carved white overlay. Le British Museum possède deux pièces romaines exceptionnelles, la coupe de Lycurgue, dont la teinte couleur moutarde prend des reflets pourpres lorsque la lumière la traverse et le vase Portland, bleu nuit à décor incisé blanc.
	3.	The collections of ancient jewellery and bronzes, Greek vases (many from graves in southern Italy that were once part of Sir William Hamilton's and Chevalier Durand's collections), Roman glass including the famous Cameo glass Portland Vase, Roman mosaics from Carthage and Utica in North Africa that were excavated by Nathan Davis, and silver hoards from Roman Gaul (some of which were bequeathed by the philanthropist and museum trustee Richard Payne Knight), are particularly important. Ses collections de bijoux et de bronzes, de vases grecs (la plupart tirés de tombes d’Italie méridionale, et qui proviennent des collections de William Hamilton et du chevalier Durand), de verrerie romaine dont le célèbre vase Portland à camées, de mosaïques romaines provenant de Carthage et d’Utique en Afrique proconsulaire dégagées par Nathan Davis (en), et des trésors d'argent de Gaule romaine (en partie légués par le philanthrope et parrain du musée, Richard Payne-Knight), sont particulièrement importants.

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