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Section of an Architectural Frieze
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Narrow architectural frieze decorated in relatively high, flat relief, with doughy appearance. Stylized vegetal scroll with tips of leaves bent around and centrally drilled to resemble thorny rosettes. A narrow, plain fillet forms the border along either the upper or lower edge of the block.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Unknown formerly of the Kevorkian Collection. Said to be from Bawit.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
Title: Section of an Architectural Frieze
Description:
Narrow architectural frieze decorated in relatively high, flat relief, with doughy appearance.
Stylized vegetal scroll with tips of leaves bent around and centrally drilled to resemble thorny rosettes.
A narrow, plain fillet forms the border along either the upper or lower edge of the block.
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