Sujet

Fragment of Shaft with Laurel Branches and Birds, late 1st-early 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fragment of Shaft with Laurel Branches and Birds, late 1st-early 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: The function of this fragmentary object is unclear. It may represent the shaft of a piece of marble furniture (such as a candelabrum) or it may be an architectural finial. The upper part of the object is a four-sided relief representing eight overlapping branches of laurel leaves with berries. The crisply rendered foliage is separated by deeply drilled channels. Several birds, carved nearly in the round, perch on the tops of the branches. The object is broken off at the top and the bottom. The top surface preserves a knob-like protrusion which extended upwards. Below the broken-off lower edges of the laurel branches, the object tapers into a narrow cylinder decorated with different kinds of leaves executed in shallow relief.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A01_018

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

226,2Mo (5,4Mo) / 62,6cm x 90,6cm / 7390 x 10697 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves animal Italy fruit plant plants stone arts bird birds carving country Rome leaf sculpture art berry berries decoration decorative marble archaeology ancient relief handicraft handicrafts Roman carved location century archaeological decorated archeology shaft laurel 1st century 2nd century object Unknown marble 1st century AD Heritage Art architecture Hand Carved terminal