A carved Andalusian marble capital, Seville , Probably Umayyad period

This impressive capital belongs to a group associated with the city of Seville in the late Islamic period.  The Casa de Pilatos, a grand Sevillian palace begun at the end of the fifteenth century incorporates in its early sixteenth century courtyard capitals of the same basic form.  These are a bad fit for their columns and have suffered damage unconnected to their present location.  In addition, identical loose capitals are found in the gardens of the Alcazar in Seville, suggesting re-use from an earlier building.  The profile and detail of all these capitals can be related to Umayyad examples in the Great Mosque in Cordoba in so far as they share a common lineage casting back to Visigothic prototypes.

A similar example was sold at Christie's, 15 October 2002, lot 96.