Inv. n°: MMoCA670

Roman Bronze Candelabrum Attachement With Lion's Protome

Emerging from a floral motif, decorated with a finely chiselled lion protome, ready to devour a caprid bucranium held between its claws

w. 12.5 cm

c. 1st century BC-AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Collection Mariaud de Serres, France, acquired before 2000, accompanied by a French passport
  • Acquired at Christie's Paris, Collection Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, 17th February 2011, lot 380

Publications

  • Christie's Paris, Collection Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, France, 16-17 February 2011, lot 204
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 98
  • C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 86

Exhibitions

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

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