Detail of a composite two-zone capital, with a basket shape kalathos decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and a cross instead of the fleuron. A Latin inscription runs around the kalathos rim. The capital is fitted on an early imperial Roman…
Detail of a composite two-zone capital from St. Clement basilica's crypt, with a basket shape kalathos decorated with a wooden pattern, lying on an early imperial Roman column, reused and re-carved in the 6th c. AD. It is decorated with low-relief…
Detail of a Late Antique sarcophagus with relief decorations. The lid has a pitched roof shape and acroteria at the corners. They are decorated with the figure of Christ, flanked by two Apostles. On the front of the lid, in the middle, the "tabula"…
Detail of the capital and shaft of the two so-called "Pillars of Acre", now in front of St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice. The pilasters, bearing a rich phytomorphic decoration (acanthus, vine and grapes, palms, rosettes), originally derived from the…
Detail of a squared slab from the chorus chancel inside Santa Maria Assunta cathedral, in Torcello. The relief decoration features two facing peacocks drinking from a tall footed kantharos; the spare space is filled with acanthus tendrils, while the…