Couch Leg
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Elaborately carved wooden furniture leg, possibly for a couch, stool or table. It has a wide, flat foot below six thin torus shapes. The top, where it would have attached to a seat or tabletop, is narrow; below it is a carved bell or flower shape. The leg is curved and cracked, with a few chips missing from the raised decorative areas.
Dimensions
43.18 cm (17 in.)
Provenance
Said to come from the Valery collection (purchased 1947). [Uraeus Galerie d'Art et d;Archeologie, Paris, 1977], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1978-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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