A ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHOROS

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHOROS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Sculpted in white and black marble, the support in white with a panther head above and a feline paw below, the panther with its mouth open exposing its teeth and tongue, the head surmounted by a high rectangular pillar with profiled moldings, the plinth in black in the form of a four-tiered pyramid on a wide base supported by four stylized feline paws at the corners, the upper surface of the pillar preserving iron straps once supporting the underside of a table
40 in. (101.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Joseph Weller, Germany, 1920s.

Lot Essay

For more on trapezophoroi see Vermeule, "Bench and Table Supports: Roman Egypt and Beyond" in Simpson and Davis, eds., Studies in Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Sudan, Essays in honor of Dows Dunham on the occasion of his 90th birthday, June 1, 1980.

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