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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.41.73
Title
Pilaster Capital
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
5th-6th Century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Coptic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288424

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
23.3 x 41.5 x 14.3 cm (9 3/16 x 16 5/16 x 5 5/8 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
1975.41.73
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pilaster capital decorated in relief with stylized acanthus leaves separated from each other by a vertical floral garland which splits into branches at its top. Vegetal motif along upper edge of block issues from garlands. Undecorated fillet forms lower border of capital.

Publication History

  • "Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century A.D." (1941), Brooklyn Museum, pp. 24-25, no. 45

Verification Level

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