Eagle capital
5th century A.D.
Place of ManufactureIstanbul, Turkey
Medium/TechniqueMarble from the island of Prokonnesos near Istanbul
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 34.3 x 48.3 x 47.6 cm (1)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession number2001.403
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1950s: Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, IL; by May 2001: with Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 31 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60602 (Harlan Berk 120th Buy or Bid Sale, May 10, 2001, lot 673); 2001: purchased by MFA from 120th Buy or Bid Sale; accessioned by MFA, June 27, 2001
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
280–240 B.C.
about 260–250 B.C.
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 200–280
about A.D. 150
about A.D. 215–225
Late 6th–7th century A.D.
5th century
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)