Roman candelabrum, 1st century BC-1st century AD
Bronze
Height: 43.5cm, width between arms: 27.5cm
11996
£ 25,000
Candelabrum in the form of an upward, twisting vegetal stem which bifurcates, each branch turning away in a curve from the other. A pair of double volutes with a central...
Candelabrum in the form of an upward, twisting vegetal stem which bifurcates, each branch turning away in a curve from the other. A pair of double volutes with a central bud rising from a calyx of acanthus leaves with tangs. 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 2000R.S.L. collection, London, UK; acquired from the above
Accompanied by letters from the relevant Greek and Italian authorities renouncing any current or future claim over this piece.
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. In the same essay a standing statue of a youth, ephebe, found at Pompeii, is shown holding similar foliate attachments: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8365.12382Publications
François Antonovich, Les Metamorphoses divines d'Alexandre (Paris, 1996), pp.223 and 401Christie's, London, Antiquities, 5th October 2000, lot 81
