A Pair of Egyptian Revival Candelabra

A very decorative pair of egyptian revival patinated bronze candelabra, modelled as a pharoah supporting the central egyptian symbol of Re, a sun disk, laterally two arms decorated with stylized lotus leaves, supporting cone-shaped nozzles, the back and base with panels of figures and hieroglyphics.

This pair of candelabra was shown at the exhibition ”With Napoleon in Egypt” , at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 2009-2010. For further information on the subject of the Egyptian Revial see: ”Exhibition catalogue Egytomania: Egypt in Western Art 1730-1930” , National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1994.