CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BRONZE COLUMN
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 167.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 14 July 2004, lot 20.

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Lot Essay

The column is surmounted by a capital composed of Ionic scrolls, which emerge from an acanthus calyx, topped by an abacus decorated with rosettes. It is likely that this object functioned as a furniture attachment or a support. Cf. Accession no. 00.13.16 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for a similar-sized column.

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