19 Pieces of a Voussoir Arch
5th century
Description
Architectural fragments with three registers, all decorated in relief: the upper register contains a laurel garland and is bordered on its top edge by a narrow fillet, the middle register contains a cross-based maeander pattern with intervening stylized crocuses, and the lower register contains a simple row of oval beads.
Provenance
Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection. Said to be from Bawit.
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