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Three-sided stand
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
early 6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number65.395
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPainted funerary candelabrum, in Corinthian style. A gorgon in red and black on each of the three sides, legs ending in plastic animal feet. Palmettes on lower neck, tongue pattern on neck just under rim. Broken at mid-neck and repaired.
ProvenanceBy 1958: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; 1962: with Sotheby, London (Sotheby auction, March 5, 1962, lot 120 [unsold]); purchased from Robert E. Hecht, Jr. at date unknown after the Sotheby auction by K. J. Hewett, Ltd., 173 New Bond Street, London W. 1, England; purchased by MFA from K. J. Hewett, Ltd., March 10, 1965