pilaster-capital
- Museum number
- 92219
- Description
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Corinthian pilaster-capital with female bust projecting over small acanthus leaf, between two acanthus leaves; the latter have central ribs and five lateral grooves. The hair is flattened at the top and represented in ridges around the face; the right breast is bare, the left is covered by the tunic caught over the shoulder; made from moulded gypsum plaster.
- Production date
- 1stC(late)-2ndC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.25 inches
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Height: 20 centimetres
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Height: 8 inches
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Width: 21 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Previously considered in the 19th century to be from a "Sassanian tomb" (Loftus). It is actually from a Parthian building.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010-2011 3 Dec-3 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, 'Alejandro Magno: Encuentro con Oriente'
2010 21 Mar-1 Nov, Leobon, Kunsthalle Museumcenter, 'Alexander der Grosse und die offnung der Welt'
2009-2010 2 Oct-21 Feb, Mannheim, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, 'Alexander der Grosse und die offnung der Welt'
2007 13 Feb-27 May, Italy, Turin, 'Sulla via di Alessandro da Seleucia al Gandhara'
1995-2005, 17 Nov-12 Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/12/5
1994 16 Jun-23 Dec, BM, G49/IRAN
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 92219
- Registration number
- 1851,0101.310