Inv. n°: MMoCA320

Roman Iron Folding Stool or Sella Castrensis

Essentially reserved for commanders in the field. The X-form frame with bronze hinge finials and traces of ornamental brass and silver inlay on the horizontal supports.

h.45 cm

2nd-3rd century AD

Iron and Brass

Provenance

  • Ex private German collection
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Gorny & Mosh sale, Munich (Germany), 21st June 2005, lot 428
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, GMP22

Publications

  • Gorny & Mosh Sale, Munich, 2005-06-21, lot 428
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, vol. XVII, p. 44, fig. 71

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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