lamp-stand
- Museum number
- 1896,0201.310
- Description
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Five fragments of the foot of a bronze lamp-stand; tripod form; long legs of round section curving into a U-shape in the middle terminating in horse's hooves on circular plinths; the hoof plinths are concave on the underside; the legs have reinforcing rods connecting the U-shaped projections; originally three ivy leaves extending out from the junction of the three legs, one now missing; the five pieces comprise: two leg fragments (one with hoof plinth, the other very corroded), two hoof plinths (both corroded); leg fragment, central junction and two ivy leaves.
- Production date
- 550BC-400BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.40 centimetres (about)
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Width: 27.50 centimetres (about)
- Curator's comments
- The entry in the Register and in 'Excavations in Cyprus' suggest that this piece belongs with 1896,2-1.306 and with 1896,2-1.307-308. However, judging by the surviving portion, the shaft seems rather slender for this purpose and it probably supported a small Cypro-Ionic volute or circular plate as seen in intact examples, including that from Tomb 73 ('Excavations in Cyprus' p. 67, fig. 87; Gjerstad SCE IV/2, p. 148-150 & fig. 27, 19-20, and p. 400; Richter 'Greek, Etruscan and Roman bronzes', p. 368-369; (see ; V. Karageorghis, 'Ancient art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection', New York: Metropolitan Museum, 2000, pp. 234-235). This type of stand, of which several examples were found in the so-called Kourion treasure acquired by Cesnola, is of Greek origin but was modified within the local Cypriot tradition; it first occurs in the 6th century BC and continues down into the Cypro-Classical period.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1896,0201.310