VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A ROMAN BRONZE LAMP STAND

Details
A ROMAN BRONZE LAMP STAND
Circa 1st Century B.C.

The tall knobby shaft in the form of a reed, naturallistically modelled with joints and knobs, supported on three similar legs which end in hoofs, lanceolate leavesbetewwn them, the finial in the form of three small branches (two missing) originally supporting a disc
47in. (119cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar example in the Naples Museum see no. 155 in Ward-Perkins and Claridge, Pompeii A.D. 47