Capital with Fantastic Figures (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The design of this capital, with its intermingled fantastic creatures, is vigorous and imaginative. Each of the longer faces depicts a squatting, humanlike figure flanked by apelike creatures or lions. The scenes suggest some form of animal training and may have been inspired by an ancient Roman relief depicting a circus game.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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