Large Standing Candelabrum
Description
Caption: Large Standing Candelabrum, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Bronze, 52 1/2 x 15 x 15 in. (133.4 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1696Ea-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows a tall standing bronze candelabrum with a circular top and a slender stem, ending in a decorative base shaped like paired curling animal forms.
A vertical, slender stem rises from a small, rounded base and supports a flat, circular element at the top (likely the candleholder area). The lower portion features two symmetrical, curling projections resembling stylized animal heads or serpentine forms that frame the center. No painted decoration, inscriptions, or identifiable hieroglyphic text are visible in the provided view. The object appears metallic with a dark, bronze-like surface and simple, schematic ornamentation concentrated near the base.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1696Ea-c tier-2
- BKM-Object 118220 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.