1975.41.96.A-F: Six Sections of an Architectural Frieze

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1975.41.96.A-F

Title

Six Sections of an Architectural Frieze

Classification

Architectural Elements

Work Type

architectural element

Date

4th-5th century CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)

Period

Byzantine period

Culture

Coptic

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/53917

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Limestone

Technique

Relief

Dimensions

A: 14 x 14.4 cm (5 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.); B: 14.3 x 27.5 cm (5 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.);
C: 14 x 36.5 cm (5 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.); D: 14 x 37 cm (5 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.);
E: 14 x 39 cm (5 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.); F: 14 x 19.5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 11/16 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

1975.41.96.A-F

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Architectural frieze decorated in relief. Stylized, continuous vine scroll with alternating leaves and grape clusters. Birds pick at grapes and leaves. A plain, narrow fillet forms the border along one edge of the blocks.

The limestone is in a serious state of deterioration, and is in the process of disintegrating into powder. It is difficult to make out the birds along the frieze.

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