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France (Saint-Denis, Île-de-France)
Impost Block with Confronted Birds and Acanthus Decoration
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Romanesque-Gothic Transition (12th Century), c. 1140–1150 CE
A Romanesque-Gothic transition impost block (c. 1140–1150 CE) carved with confronted birds — doves or symbolic fowl — pecking at a central pinecone, flanked by interlacing acanthus scrolls with deep channel undercutting; associated with the Saint-Denis workshops. Now at The Met Cloisters.
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