Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.
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CLARKE, Edward Daniel
Title
Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.
Alternative Title
Original of the Ionic Volute from an Athenian terra-cotta Vase.
Date
1816
Bibliographic Citation
CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part the second: Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land: Section the third. To which is added a Supplement respecting the Author's Journey from Constantinople to Vienna, containing his Account of the Gold Mines of Transylvania and Hungary, London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, MDCCCXVI [=1816].
Identifier
clarke4_3
Spatial Coverage
Athens
Attica
Greece
Subject
Art and antiquities
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CLARKE, Edward Daniel, “Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.,” travelogues, accessed November 21, 2024, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/56799.