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Portland vase Webster's Dictionary 1913

A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.

Portland vase Encyclopedia Britannica

PORTLAND VASE. See Glass, vol. x. p. 649.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 19, p. 530
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