Pillar with Capital, 800s
South Italian
Marble; H. 47 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (120.7 x 23.5 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.70.21)
South Italian
Marble; H. 47 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (120.7 x 23.5 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.70.21)
Each of the four faces of this pillar shows a different scrolled vine-and-leaf pattern. The exact use of the pillar is unclear. Along with an identical one now in Berlin, it may have been part of a pulpit or a canopy over an altar or a choir screen.














