The Alexander Vase Inspired by the statue "Dying Alexander": The identification of this head as a portrait of Alexander the Great is derived from Plutarch, who wrote that only Lysippos was permitted to make a likeness of him, and portrayed him “with leonine hair and melting upturned eyes”. The overall height of the vase is 8" tall, 4" wide, around "Dying Alexander", we re-adjusted the angle of the head, and repeated the head around the vase, with vibrant flower arrangements, turning Alexander's death into another a sense of vitality