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Pilaster-capital, dimensions: height: 31,5, width: 26,5, thickness: 38,5 cm
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Pilaster-capital, Thisseion Collection
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: 12th century
Description:
Marble pilaster-capital. A deer on high-relief is shown on the background, which is covered with tendrils and half-leaves. The animal’s motion is graceful and expressive. The careful ornamentation is on a two-level-relief. It comes from Athens and it was formerly part of the Thisseion Collection. It is dated to the twelfth century A.D.
Date: 12th century
Description:
Marble pilaster-capital. A deer on high-relief is shown on the background, which is covered with tendrils and half-leaves. The animal’s motion is graceful and expressive. The careful ornamentation is on a two-level-relief. It comes from Athens and it was formerly part of the Thisseion Collection. It is dated to the twelfth century A.D.