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Rolling Table with Four Lions at the Corners
(Roman Empire )
The bars are restored. The lions are mounted on new bases with pins below. The original parts of this brazier are the four corner pieces, the wheels, and the lions. Each of the corner pieces has supports for a top bar and for the bottom of a box; outside above the wheels is decorated by incised volute designs. Cast wheels of six spokes rotate on axels set in the corner pieces. The wheels should be parallel with the long sides of the box. Over each corner is a seated lion, each with its tail curled over its back. The lions resemble the famous Chimera in Florence. There are several braziers of this type, such as one in Karlsruhe. The British Museum has a brazier with four bronze supports, with each support topped by hippocamps. The example in London has four wheel-shaped bases and two bars inside.
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Etruria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 1/2 x W: 18 7/8 x L: 29 in. (31.7 x 48 x 73.66 cm); H of lions: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.166