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Architectural Frieze Block

Architectural Frieze Block

Architectural ElementsCoptic2nd-3rd century CE

Architectural Frieze Block

late 4th-early 5th Century

Description

End slab of limestone frieze. Deeply carved continuous vine scroll with shoots terminating in leaves, grape bunches, and cones. At the far left of the slab, a bird picks grapes from a bunch. Frieze block retains significant traces of a thin, white plaster coating with remains of red pigment.

Classification

Architectural Elements

Technique

Relief

Medium

Limestone

Culture

Coptic

Period

Byzantine period

Century

2nd-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

29.7 x 71 cm (11 11/16 x 27 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection.

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