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Curatorial note
This shaft is carved with ivy leaves, berries, tendrils, and small branches, in an arrangement similar to the previous entry except that the two heavy main stems cross at a point just above the irregular bottom break.
Similar round shafts, enriched with birds pecking at berries and flowers, etc., all carved very delicately have been found in Rome itself; compare the example from the island on the Tiber, illustrated by Piranesi1.
1 Piranesi, Opere Varie, pl. 10, F.4; John Wilton-Ely, No. 925.
Similar round shafts, enriched with birds pecking at berries and flowers, etc., all carved very delicately have been found in Rome itself; compare the example from the island on the Tiber, illustrated by Piranesi1.
1 Piranesi, Opere Varie, pl. 10, F.4; John Wilton-Ely, No. 925.
May be shown in J.M. Gandy view of the Museum, 1811, SM P384 (front lower left). The images needs to be checked carefully aginst the fragment to confirm this.
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