Volute of Ionic corner capital
about 450 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsWidth: about 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBenjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund
Accession number1984.441
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Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
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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. 139.64). According to Hecht, he purchased this in 1961 from Adolph Hakenleiter, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, who had inherited it. This information has not been verified.
NOTE: Lent to the MFA August 14, 1964 (loan no. 139.64). According to Hecht, he purchased this in 1961 from Adolph Hakenleiter, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, who had inherited it. This information has not been verified.
4th century B.C.
about 300–250 B.C.
about 540 B.C.
about 480–450 B.C.
about 450 B.C.
about A.D. 130–140
mid 5th century A.D. – mid 6th century A.D.
6th century A.D.
4th century B.C.?
about 450 B.C.