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Bronze Lotus Lamp Stand, Archaic II Cypriot
Bronze Lotus Lamp Stand, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–500 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.303.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Bronze Lotus Lamp Stand

Top of a bronze lamp-stand or incense-burning stand; cylindrical socket with incised parallel lines at the top and bottom; narrower octagonal cylinder above (with possible traces of the original wooden shaft in the interior) supporting two inverted eight-leaved calices; above is a smaller disc decorated on top and botom with incised parallel lines supporting three elongated lotus leaves joined at the top by a ring; the leaves have a triangular profile with chamfered edges; piece is complete but bronze is quite corroded; the upper and lower parts may have been cast separately and welded together. Dimensions: Height: 22.90 centimetres; Weight: 1028 grammes; Width: 11.80 centimetres; Depth: 11.80 centimetres Object Type: lamp-stand; incense-burner Techniques: cast

Classification

Object type
Metal vessel
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsTripod and stand
Motif
Lotus
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 500 BC
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.303, British Museum · Museum record

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