FurnitureRoman2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Fulcrum (Couch Attachment) with Bust of a Maenad and Sleeping Ariadne

2nd century BCE-first half 1st century CE

Classification

Furniture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Century

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

18.4 x 22 x 5.6 cm (7 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Collection in Aachen, Germany. [McAlpine Ancient Art, 60 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, November 1987], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

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