1975.41.83: Pilaster Capital
Architectural Elements
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.83
- 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
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288239
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Limestone
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
- 46 x 80 x 23 cm (18 1/8 x 31 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
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
- 1975.41.83
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Engaged pilaster capital decorated in blocky relief. Central stylized chalice with monogram ΙΩΑΝΟΥ 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. 25, no. 49, ill.
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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