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Base for a decorative shaft (candelabrum)

Base for a decorative shaft (candelabrum)

about 30–20 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsOverall: 110.8 × 59.7 × 58.4 cm (43 5/8 × 23 1/2 × 23 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.702
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceAccording to a letter from Edward Perry Warren, dated August 28, 1896, it was found in 1856 while a house was being built in the Borgo Nuovo, Rome; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren from the collection of the Countess Maria della Porta Rodiani Carrara, Palazzo Lorenzana, Rome; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, October 1896


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