Architectural ElementsCoptic5th century
Architectural Frieze
5th century
Description
This freize is decorated with a scroll issuing from the mouth of a fish (dolphin?). Loops of the scroll are filled with cones encircled by acanthus leaves.
Dimensions
30.5 x 90 cm (12 x 35 7/16 in.)
Provenance
The Hagop Kevorkian Collection, New York, (by 1975), sold; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1975.
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