Corbel's fragment?

The stone fragment could be identified with a shelf or a corbel, usually stone elements on which the architectural vault is set. Generally, however, the corbel takes on the same shape as the capital, so that, not resting on any support, it also takes the name of “hanging capital”.

The work depicts two cupids placed at the end of the corbel/shelf, tied together by a garland that presents a set of fruit in the central part, probably pomegranates.

Unfortunately, the total lack of information in this regard does not allow a detailed analysis of the piece. Moreover, the relative iconography is found starting from antiquity and up to the modern period. For example, one can find the same garland motive in a 2nd century AD Roman sarcophagus, now located at athe Louvre.

However, the closest comparison can be made with the bas-relief decoration that enriched the altar of the Oratory of the Diocese of Padua, in the ecclestiastical region of Triveneto.