Lamp-handle with Amazon fighting a Greek
Artist
Unknown Roman artist
Date2nd–4th century
MediumCopper alloy (bronze)
Dimensions8 ¼ x 7 ½ x 3 in. (21 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm)
Weight: 44.8 oz. (2.8 lbs.; 1268.7 g.)
Weight: 44.8 oz. (2.8 lbs.; 1268.7 g.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Arthur Leroy and Lila Fisher Caldwell, by exchange
Object number98.9
On View
On view[1] Per Arielle P. Kozloff; see letter to Mary Ellen Soles dated August 10, 1998. No further information about collector disclosed.
[2] Per Kozloff; see letter to Mary Ellen Soles dated August 10, 1998. No further information about this second collector disclosed.Published References"Art Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Report (1998-99), 7, illus. (b-w).
Sotheby’s New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, December 8, 1995, no. 133 (ill. colour) (described as chariot finial)
Norbert Franken, “Leda und der Schwan: Beobachtungen zu Bildtradierung und Werkstatorganisation an spätantiken Bronzelampen mit figürlichem Schmuck,” Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte 5, 2007, p. 10 fn. 6 (9-19)Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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