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marble fragment with eastern influences. Dimensions: height: 11,5, length: 73,5, thickness: 20,5 cm.
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Fragment with eastern influences
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: 13th-14th century
Description:
Marble fragment of an epistyle with flat-relief decoration. Interlaced bands of the same width constitute an aesthetic ornament based on a heart-shaped palmette, which is characterized by accuracy, symmetry and plasticity. The epistyle belongs to a group of sculptures in the Byzantine museum that have a similar flat-relief décor with eastern influences. These sculptures have similar technical and stylish characteristics and are dated to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries A.D. It comes from Athens.
Date: 13th-14th century
Description:
Marble fragment of an epistyle with flat-relief decoration. Interlaced bands of the same width constitute an aesthetic ornament based on a heart-shaped palmette, which is characterized by accuracy, symmetry and plasticity. The epistyle belongs to a group of sculptures in the Byzantine museum that have a similar flat-relief décor with eastern influences. These sculptures have similar technical and stylish characteristics and are dated to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries A.D. It comes from Athens.