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Marble akroterion

ca. 350–325 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153
Restored: ends of all but one palmette leaf, parts of the volutes

Both faces of the akroterion are carved. The front is decorated in relief with a double palmette, its stems rising in the form of spiral tendrils from a bed of acanthus leaves; the flower at the top once had a painted stem. A similar decoration on the back was left unfinished.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble akroterion
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 350–325 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: H. through center 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
    greatest width as restored 28 3/4 in. (73 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.198
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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