Cinerary urn

Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD
Marble
H. : 33,5 cm. - W.: 46,5 cm. - D.: 26 cm.
18th century restorations including the base and part of the lid

Provenance:

In the private collection of the Hope family, acquired by Thomas Hope before 1804. Exhibited at his residences in Duchess Street, London (1804), then Deepdene, Dorking (1808).
Passed down to Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, in 1884.
Sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, on 23 July 1917, as lot 193.
Acquired by Edgar Vincent d'Abernon, 1st Viscount d’Abernon, at the abovementionned sale.
Sold by the former, along with his collection, at Christie’s on 26 and 27 June 1929 as lot 236.
Acquired by Jean Mikas, collector and antiquary, probably at the previous sale.
Sold at the Brummer Gallery, New York, on 2 July 1929.
In the private collection of W. S. Ludington, collector, artist and founding member of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, acquired from the former on 30 April 1930.
Then bequeathed to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Sold by the museum at Sotheby's, New York,  Antiquities, on 14 June 2000 as lot 105.
Then sold at Christie's, New York, Antiquities, on 8 June 2004 as lot 59.