Ancient Roman Bronze Lamp-Stand. Spanish Import License. - 27.5 cm

Roman Lamp-Stand

Candelabra, or lamp stands, supported the oil lamps that the Romans used for light. An oil lamp, made of either bronze or terracotta, would have stood on the top. Such an arrangement formed the normal way of providing artificial lighting in the main rooms of a Roman house. A number of similar candelabra have been found at Pompeii and the other sites that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Bronze lamp-stand consisting of a tripod foot with dolphins, a shaft and lamp-tray support.

Provenance: Former private collection (Germany; before 1990). Attached import certificate from Spanish Ministry of Culture.

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