An Umayyad carved marble capital, probably madinat al-zahra, Spain, period of al-hakam II, Circa 968-976, Spain

of characteristic form, carved and drilled with an elaborate lattice of acanthus scrolls and vegetation in two registers, rising to an egg-and-dart band surmounted by four scrolled volutes 

In fair overall condition, abrasions to extremities, the top without two of the star points, as viewed.
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See note to lot 58.