About the Work

Candelabrum in the form of an upward reaching stem which bifurcates, a pair of volutes rising from acanthus leaves with tangs from which lamps would have been suspended. Tip of one foliate spoke restored.

Provenance

Davidson, London, UK
François Antonovich, France; acquired from the above 1975
Property of François Antonovich; Christie's, London, 5th October 2000
R.S.L. collection, London, UK; acquired from the above

Literature

Compare an example published in Ruth Bielfeldt, Art History, Volume 41, Issue 3, Special Issue: The Embodied Object in Classical Antiquity, 'Candelabrus and Trimalchio: Embodied Histories of Roman Lampstands and their Slaves' (online, 2018), p.420-443