Finial of a marble stele (grave marker), Archaic, ca. 525 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Parian, H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, The pair of volutes on this finial is carved with extraordinary sensitivity. The crowning element, which is missing, may have been a palmette or a sphinx. The latter is less likely, given the limited size of the volute block
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Finial, marble stele, grave marker, Archaic, ca, 525 B.C, Greek, Attic, Marble, Parian, H, 12 3/8, 31.5 cm, Stone Sculpture, pair, volutes, finial, carved, extraordinary sensitivity, crowning element, missing, palmette, sphinx, latter, less, given, limited size, volute block
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