Bronze lampstand - image 1

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)

Date

750 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5682

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.