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Image Not Available for Triangular Support for a Candelabrum Shaft, Decorative Colonette, or Small Basin
Triangular Support for a Candelabrum Shaft, Decorative Colonette, or Small Basin
Image Not Available for Triangular Support for a Candelabrum Shaft, Decorative Colonette, or Small Basin

Triangular Support for a Candelabrum Shaft, Decorative Colonette, or Small Basin

possibly A.D. 20–60
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Carrara in northwest Italy
Dimensions41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily T. Vermeule and Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession number1992.310
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ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1980, Cornelius C. Vermeule, III, Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1992, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III and Emily T. Vermeule to the MFA [see note 2]; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.

NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA as 213.1980. [2] MFA accession date: June 24, 1992.

For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
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