1975.41.72: Pilaster Capital
Architectural Elements
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.72
- 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/288915
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Limestone
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
- 24 x 41.5 x 13 cm (9 7/16 x 16 5/16 x 5 1/8 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
- 1975.41.72
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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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