File:Luxe & Antiquité54b base candélabre2.jpg
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Candelabrum base)
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| Title |
Candelabrum base) |
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| Description |
This base decorated with lion's feet and acanthus leaves was surmounted by a marble stem and a flammable liquid container. Bordered with a frieze of pearls this panel represents the god Mercury with his caduceus. |
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| Date | First century, Augustan period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | White marble. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
Inv.57.44 |
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| Object history | Discovered in Rome around 1708, in the excavations of the catacomb of Sixtus II, along the Via Appia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source | Self-photographed |
| Author | Finoskov |
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