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THBTall Roman Bronze Lamp Stand - Horse Hoof Feet
Lot 54b
About Seller
Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Oct 25, 2018
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2018-10-25 11:00:00
2018-10-25 11:00:00
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Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, plus Asian art from Central and Far East. If you love the classics, this is the sale for you. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, plus Asian art from Central and Far East. If you love the classics, this is the sale for you. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A tall, cast bronze lamp stand, made to hold a bronze or ceramic oil lamp suspended from its upper portion. The feet of the lamp are shaped like horse hooves, with the legs bent deeply to form a tripod-like stand. From the raised center of the tripod, a long, thin cylinder of bronze, its body marked by deep vertical grooves, rises over a foot to a cross-shaped horizontal platform which would have once supported the lamp. Below the platform are four deeply curved hooks, three of which are fully present, terminating in a small cone. Size: 7" W x 24.5" H (17.8 cm x 62.2 cm)
A stand like this one would have served as the main way to provide artificial lighting inside of a Roman house; many similar ones have been found at Pompeii, for example. Roman houses were furnished mainly with wood, and bronze and stone items would have been treasured and probably passed down through a family as heirlooms.
See a less ornate example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248087
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection, acquired before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#130992Losses to the arms at the top of the piece, and one of the hooks at the top is also partially lost. Repair in the center of the pole and repair on the lower part of each of the legs.Condition
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