Corinthianizing pilaster capital
40–20 B.C.
Place of ManufactureLazio (probably), Italy
Medium/TechniqueRed marble (rosso antico from the Mani peninsula in the southern Peloponnesus, Greece)
DimensionsOverall: 18.9 × 22.7 × 3.8 cm (7 7/16 × 8 15/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number1987.187
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1986: with Acanthus Gallery, 24 East 81st Street, New York 10028; purchased by MFA from Acanthus Gallery, March 25, 1987
about 2200–1750 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
about 50 B.C.–A.D.50
about 550 B.C.
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 175–200
about 30–20 B.C.
about A.D. 200–280