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Megarian cup

Marble candelabrum base

Classification
candelabra
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 36.5 cm
Date
1st century B.C. (?)
Period
Late Republic
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
Eros; female figure; chiton; bird; mantle; calathus (modius/polos)
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4819
ID
Hyp-3683
References
Hekler 1929, 106, no. 95; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 145; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 165

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the candelabra was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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