A Corinthianizing marble pilaster capital

ROMAN, LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A Corinthianizing marble pilaster capital
Roman, late 2nd-early 3rd Century A.D.
Decorated in relief with a central frontally facing head of a satyr with horns, flowing moustache and pointed beard, from the lower corners emerge drilled acanthus leaves in high relief surmounted by two ram heads with volute horns which form the upper corners supporting the capital's abacus, mounted
14 in. (35.5 cm.) across, 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Cf. Comstock and Vermeule, op. cit., pp. 193-4, nos. 307-8; and L. Budde and R. Nicholls, A Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1964, pp. 107-8, no. 171, pl. 59 for related pilaster-capitals.

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