
Archaic
Bronze lampstand
Bronze lampstands were luxury objects that were made in various sizes and in more Near Eastern or more Egyptian styles. H.: 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Metal vessel
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 750 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4962, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1273, p. 367, New York: Gilliss Press.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 32, 181, pl. 21a, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5682, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4962
- Richter 1915, no. 1273
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