The vase was restored and/or rebuilt by the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, from a large number of Roman fragments from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, where Gavin Hamilton was excavating in the 1770s.
A vase was reworked and/or recreated by the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, utilizing numerous Roman pieces from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, which Gavin Hamilton unearthed during his excavations in the 1770s.