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Volute of Ionic capital
Volute of Ionic capital

Volute of Ionic capital

about 450 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsWidth: about 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBenjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund
Accession number1984.440
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceSaid to come from Selinunte. By 1964, Robert E. Hecht, Jr., New York [see note]; 1984, sold by Robert Hecht to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1984)

NOTE: Lent to the MFA August 14, 1964 (loan no. 138.64). According to Hecht, he purchased this in 1961 from Adolph Hakenleiter, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, who had inherited it. This information has not been verified.