A Marble Pedestal, probably Roman, circa 1st Century A.D., or later

of lozenge section, composed of two integral capital-like elements joined at the base by a grooved rope moulding, each side carved in low relief with overlapping acanthus leaves.

Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence
Johann II, Prince of Lichtenstein (1849-1929), acquired from the above, probably in the 1890s
Christie's, Amsterdam, LIECHTENSTEIN: Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, April 1st, 2008, no. 84, as 16th Century

Gabriella Capecchi, L’archivio storico fotografico di Stefano Bardini. Arte greca, etrusca, romana, Florence, 1993, no. 38, p. 85

As shown. All edges lightly abraded, top corner elements chipped. Modern cross-shaped saw marks across top surface with remains of synthetic material inside.
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If ancient, the present pedestal may have served as a source of inspiration for the restored section of a candelabrum once in the Museo Pio-Clementino (H. Moses et al., A Collection of Antique Vases, Tripods, Candelabra, etc., London, 1921, pl. 52) and for the base designed by Piranesi to support the Roman marble boat now at Brocklesby (G. B. Piranesi, Vasi, candelabri, cippi, etc., 1778, pl. 105-106).

For other rediscovered Bardini marbles sold at Sotheby's see New York, June 6th, 2006, no. 51 (Capecchi, op. cit., fig. 119), June 8th, 2011, no. 52 (ibid., fig. 209), June 3rd, 2015, no. 50 (ibid., fig. 118), and London, June 13th, 2017, nos. 41 (ibid., fig. 94) and 44 (ibid., figs. 97-98).