Figurine

48-2-243

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-243
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture German
Provenience Italy
Date Made 1400-1499 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Youth
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.

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

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