Figurine
| Object Number: | 48-2-243 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | German |
| Provenience: | Italy |
| Date Made: | 1400-1499 CE |
| Early Date: | 1400 |
| Late Date: | 1499 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Youth |
| Height: | 12.2 cm |
| Width: | 3.5 cm |
| Depth: | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 280 - Collector Number L-2-238 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Candle holder: youth blowing horn. Traces of greenish patina above the waist. Below the waist is a mottled brown and yellow patina common to brass of this period. Young boy standing on a screw base, blowing a horn held in his left hand. marked indentation across his chest. Hole in his outstretched hand would have originally held a pricket-type candle holder. He wears a peaked cap, pointed shoes, and a short tunic with ruffles at bottom.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 70, no. A19, pl. 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 237-239, no. 243; p. 379, fig. 176 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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