FurnitureRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE

Table Leg

mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE

Classification

Furniture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze; copper, silver, and bronze inlays

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

h. 19.4 x max diam. 5.9 cm (7 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby’s, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 329], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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