Marble fragment of a pilaster

Unknown

1st half of 1st century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

This pilaster is decorated on three sides with a low relief that represents burning incense pans balanced on slender supports flanked by birds. On the front side, one pair of birds stretch down to eat from sheaves of wheat; on the left, roosters nibble branches; on the right, small birds pick at berries. The delicate workmanship and attenuated design are similar to the decoration on the wall paintings from Boscotrecase displayed in the gallery of Augustan art.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919