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  • Five cremation urns. Etching after J. Barbault.
  • Marble urns and vases, and lamps. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
  • Ostia, Rome: columbaria for holding urns containing the ashes of the dead. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari, 192-.
  • Coat of arms: urns, crossed swords and motto. Watercolour and oil attributed to S. Jenner, ca. 1850 (?).
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and statues. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and cherubs. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk embellished with statues and urns. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.
  • Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Vienna: anatomical wax models, urns, etc. of the Josephinum in storage awaiting completion of the refurbishment. Photograph, 1964.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with flaming urns and figures with burning torches. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Cineary urn, Roman, top removable
  • Cineary urn, Roman, top removable
  • Cineary urn, Roman, top removable
  • An urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • An urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • An urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Mexican funerary urn of type found at Zapotec tombs, Oaxaca
  • A large marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A child carrying an urn: two figures. Pen and ink drawing after Audran.
  • A marble vase placed on an urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.