Section of a Roman carved pilaster or garden balustrade enriched with vine leaves and grapes, with birds set below and pecking at alternate bunches.
27 BC-192 AD
Flavian (69-96 AD) through Antonine (138-192 AD); or Augustan (27 BC-14 AD), after stylistic comparisons amongst others with a candelabrum, according to Mathea-Förtsch.
Luna marble
Height: 61cm
Width: 14cm
Museum number: M40
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 146
On display: Museum Corridor - outside the Picture Room