Pilaster Capital | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1975.41.84
Title: Pilaster Capital
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: late 6th century to early 7th century
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Coptic
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/287259

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 45.5 x 84 x 20 cm (17 15/16 x 33 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
161 lb.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection. Said to be from Bawit.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
Accession Year: 1975
Object Number: 1975.41.84
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Engaged pilaster capital decorated in blocky relief. Central stylized chalice with monogram ΑΝΘΕΜΟΥ flanked by peacocks. The peacocks perch on acanthus leaves that also decorate the space behind their tails. Above the birds is a vine with several attached grape clusters and leaves.

Publication History

"Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century A.D." (1941), Brooklyn Museum, p. 26, no. 50, ill.

Verification Level

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1975.41.84: Pilaster Capital