Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1150 - circa 1200; Classification(s): sculpture, capital, carving, marble, carved and drilled; Acquisition: bequeathed by Smith, Arnold John Hugh, 1964, Arnold John Hugh Smith Bequest [M.1-1964]
Description: Capital of a column, marble, the sides carved with a man seated on a throne playing the harp, probably the psalmist, David, with an eagle above and to the right of him, a woman riding a horse, possibly the Virgin Mary, and another woman leading the horse with her right hand and holding an eagle on her left. Round the upper edge there is a row of drilled beading with below, foliated scrolls flanking the figures.
