Marble cavetto capital
Αγνώστου καλλιτέχνη
This capital was part of a funerary or votive stele; it surmounted a tall shaft and supported a separately carved finial—presumably a sphinx. The cavetto capital has a more elongated shape than the earlier example exhibited nearby.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917
Mid-6th century B.C.
Marble, hymettian
63.3 x 63.3cm
17.230.6
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Που θα το βρείτε
Μητροπολιτικό Μουσείο Τέχνης (The Met)
Μόνιμη συλλογή