Section of an Architectural Frieze

400–430

Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 29 x 28 cm (11 7/16 x 11 in.)
Genre: Architectural elements
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Section of an architectural frieze, decorated in relief. A naturalistic, classicizing acanthus scroll forms a roundel and contains a central six-petaled rosette. A narrow, undecorated fillet surrounds the relief on its top and on one side.