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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Creator

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 March 29, 2024, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/56799.