Pozzuoli / Modillion / Marble

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3020
Object Name: Modillion
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Modillions
Materials: Marble
Length: 16.3 cm (max)
Width: 7.01 cm (max)
Height: 32.5 cm (max)
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Port of narrow, unadorned pillar, surmounted by leaf decoration. White marble with some yellow stains and brown encrustation. Lightly polished (?). Back and upper portions of sides smoothed. Slightly chipped. Design: acanthus (?) leaf resting on cyma reversa which terminates in volute behind top of leaf at upper edge.
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Pozzuoli
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3020
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3020/0000_00_3020

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Full citation: "Pozzuoli; Modillion; Marble." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3020/0000_00_3020. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.