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CIRCA 400 B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE CANDELABRUM
CIRCA 400 B.C.
The tripod base formed of three lion paws, each on an oval pad, with beading framing the toes and pendant palmettes at the juncture of the legs, a projecting molding of tongues and beading where the base joins the tall faceted shaft, surmounted by an inverted bowl, its upper surface with a tongue pattern, a spool above from which project four branches, each terminating in a lotus blossom, the finial in the form of a standing nude woman, perhaps a maenad, on a pedestal base with a beaded molding on its upper edge, with her right arm raised and her left hand lowered, the palms curving upward, her wavy hair swept up from the forehead
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high
CIRCA 400 B.C.
The tripod base formed of three lion paws, each on an oval pad, with beading framing the toes and pendant palmettes at the juncture of the legs, a projecting molding of tongues and beading where the base joins the tall faceted shaft, surmounted by an inverted bowl, its upper surface with a tongue pattern, a spool above from which project four branches, each terminating in a lotus blossom, the finial in the form of a standing nude woman, perhaps a maenad, on a pedestal base with a beaded molding on its upper edge, with her right arm raised and her left hand lowered, the palms curving upward, her wavy hair swept up from the forehead
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high
Provenance
Ferruccio Bolla, Lugano.
Private Collection, Geneva.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Private Collection, Geneva.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-45.
Exhibited
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.