A Roman Marble Candelabrum Element, circa 1st Century A.D.

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

December 5, 03:41 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of baluster form, carved in relief with rows of echeloned overlapping acanthus leaves emerging from a calyx, each exposed leaf in the upper five rows centering a cluster of four berries surmounting a delicately incised stem, a flaring circular tenon below, a mortise on top.

Height 71 cm.

Mrs. D. Compagno, New York, acquired in the 1950s or 1960s

Gawain McKinley (1945-1996), New York

Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, acquired from the above in 1988

acquired by the current owner from the above

For related examples in the Capitoline Museums cf. H.-U. Cain, Römische Marmorkandelaber, 1985, p. 178, nos. 80-82. Also see G. B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, 1986, pls. 16-17.

Published

Sotheby's, London, December 3rd, 2019, no. 51, illus.