FINE ROMAN BRONZE CANDELABRA EUROPE, 2ND CENTURY... Lot 93

FINE ROMAN BRONZE CANDELABRA EUROPE, 2ND CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, standing on three supports modelled in the form of griffins’ legs, the sinuous clawed feet displaying fine detail, the long stem ribbed and leading to a stand with a superbly modelled youthful figure of a god, possibly Triton, shown bare chested, with powerful physique and flowing hair swept back into the nape of the neck, the opposite end of the stand with scalloped finial (84cm tall) Footnote: Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired Sotheby's, 19th May 1986, lot 251, thence by descent