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Corner of a pediment
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Width: 28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Benjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund
Accession Number1984.439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 007.
DescriptionThe fragment includes a decorated gutter (sima) and a plain tympanum. The flat sima has widely-spaced lotus buds and palmettes, which are linked by S-shaped scrolls. Above are an ovolo and a fillet. A fillet separates the sima from the timpanum. This fragment joins 61.153.
Said from Selinunte but probably from Lokri.
Except at the breaks the fragment has a yellow patina.
Such small-scale architectural elements probably come from a funerary monument.
Said from Selinunte but probably from Lokri.
Except at the breaks the fragment has a yellow patina.
Such small-scale architectural elements probably come from a funerary monument.
ProvenanceSaid to come from Selinunte. By 1964, Robert E. Hecht, Jr., New York [see note]; 1984, sold by Robert Hecht to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1984)
NOTE: Lent to the MFA August 14, 1964 (loan no. 137.64). According to Hecht, he purchased this in 1961 from Adolph Hakenleiter, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, who had inherited it. This information has not been verified.
NOTE: Lent to the MFA August 14, 1964 (loan no. 137.64). According to Hecht, he purchased this in 1961 from Adolph Hakenleiter, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, who had inherited it. This information has not been verified.