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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.41.135
Title
Section of an Architectural Frieze
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
early 5th Century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Coptic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288339

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
35 x 87 cm (13 3/4 x 34 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection.

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
1975.41.135
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
End or corner section of an architectural frieze, decorated in relatively deep, naturalistic relief. Continuous acanthus scroll issues from corner of block, immediately adjacent to an undecorated, roughly finished portion of the block. Loops formed by the dramatic curve of the acanthus leaves are filled with a cone and a seven-petalled rosette. Block is bordered along both edges by a plain, narrow fillet. Traces of a painted plaster coating remain.

Verification Level

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