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For a similar finial, see no. 76 in Vermeule, et al, Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL FINIAL
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Emerging from various foliate elements are two fluted stalks with egg-shaped moldings within the flutes, supporting twin up-turned pine cones, with five-petaled rosettes in between, 12 3/4in. (32.4cm.) high
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Emerging from various foliate elements are two fluted stalks with egg-shaped moldings within the flutes, supporting twin up-turned pine cones, with five-petaled rosettes in between, 12 3/4in. (32.4cm.) high