Corinthian pilaster capital
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Corinthian pilaster capital

Corinthian pilaster capital

Classification
pilaster capital
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
43 × 54 cm
Date
beginning of the 2nd century A.D.
Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Material
limestone; material analysis
Iconography
acanthus; volute
Findspot
Lombardy
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
A. Glisenti, Brescia
Inventory
50.964/5
ID
Hyp-3452
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 159, fig. 114; Dell'Acqua, in Lanx 13 (2012)

Corinthian type pilaster, decorated with two rows of acanthus leaves. The leaves of the upper row end in volutes.

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the pilaster capital was made of limestone from the area of Brescia. Click here for the detailed results.

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