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    • 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)

    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.

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  • 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)