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LOT 0146
Roman Limestone Capital
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (16.8 kg, 28 cm wide).
Square in plan with four tiered acanthus-leaves with deep undercuts; cylindrical column.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Cf. for fragments of similar capitals Michalowski, K., Palmyre, Fouilles Polonaises 1959, Warszawa, 1960, pl.143, p.133.
FootnotesThe capital seems near the types used in the Roman East, in particular the Alexandrian capital of type I or II, or maybe belonging to a transitional style driving to the semplificate type of the so called blocked-out capitals (a particular type of architectural decoration characterised by a simplified form).
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