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Section of a Roman enriched shaft
117-138 AD
Probably Hadrianic
Probably Hadrianic
Luna marble
Height: 30cm
Diameter: 19cm
Circumference: 62cm
Diameter: 19cm
Circumference: 62cm
Museum number: M1041
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 131
Not on display
Curatorial note
This fragment is enriched with a carved pattern of overlapping pine branches, twigs, and needles, with pine cones scattered between them. A similar enrichment graces a shaft of similar proportions found and preserved in Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana) at Tivoli.1
1 P. Gusman, La Villa impériale de Tibur (Villa Hadriana), Paris, 1904 , p. 250, fig. 410, upper.
1 P. Gusman, La Villa impériale de Tibur (Villa Hadriana), Paris, 1904 , p. 250, fig. 410, upper.
Provenance
Unrecorded.
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