Harvard Art Museums > 1975.41.50: Section of an Architectural Frieze Architectural Elements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Section of an Architectural Frieze , 1975.41.50,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288637. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1975.41.50 Title Section of an Architectural Frieze Classification Architectural Elements Work Type architectural element Date 6th Century Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient) Period Byzantine period Culture Coptic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288637 Physical Descriptions Medium Limestone Technique Relief Dimensions 18 x 104 cm (7 1/16 x 40 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection. Said to come 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 1975.41.50 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Section of an architectural frieze decorated in relief. Highly stylized continuous acanthus scroll with beaded, vine-like stem sends forth shoots terminating in grape clusters or vine leaves and forming loops. Within the loops are baskets filled with fruit or birds picking at fruit or foliage. A narrow, undecorated fillet borders both top and bottom edge of the block. Publication History "Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century A.D." (1941), Brooklyn Museum, p. 24, no. 41, ill. Exhibition History Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
