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Finial of a marble stele (grave marker)

ca. 525–500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155
The finial consists of a pair of volutes combined with a pair of palmettes, the larger on top, the smaller between the volutes. The decoration was executed in fine incised lines supplemented with color. It is important to note that motifs, colors, and techniques such as incision were shared by media as diverse as sculpture and vase-painting in Athens at the end of the sixth century B.C.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Finial of a marble stele (grave marker)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 525–500 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: width of shaft 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
    thickness of shaft at bottom 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.88.179
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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