Keywords: Italian - Column with a Lion at the Base - Walters 27381.jpg These decorative columns probably came from a ciborium or pulpit The capital is a stylized version of an antique capital many of which were re-used in a somewhat earlier period The inlaid glass and stone fragmnets that decorate the column-- called cosmati decoration-- is typical of central and southern Italian design and occurs on columns facades tombs and even floors stone inlay The column bases are modern century 12 13 Medieval stone and inlaid glass cm 110 17 accession number 27 381 16552 Said to be from a church in Avezzano destroyed by an earthquake in 1915 Joseph Brummer Paris and New York by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Avezzano Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |