Description
Condition: New, Handmade in Greece Material: Pure Bronze Height: 40 cm(15.7 inches) Diameter: 21 cm(8.2 inches) Weight: 3.3 kg PURE BRONZE TRIPOD A sacrificial tripod is a three-legged piece of religious furniture used for offerings or other ritual procedures. As a seat or stand, the tripod is the most stable furniture construction for uneven ground, hence its use is universal & ancient. It is particularly associated with Apollo & the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, & the word "tripod" comes from the Greek meaning "three-footed." Tripods frequently are mentioned by Homer as prizes in athletic games & as complimentary gifts, in later times, highly decorated & bearing inscriptions, they served the same purpose. They also were used as dedicatory offerings to the deities, & in the dramatic contests at the Dionysia, the victorious choregus (a wealthy citizen who bore the expense of equipping & training the chorus) received a crown & a tripod. He would either dedicate the tripod to some deity or set it on the top of a marble structure erected in the form of a small circular temple in a street in Athens, called the street of tripods, from the large number of memorials of this kind. All our bronze items are cast in Greece, using the traditional 'lost wax' method. As nothing is mass-produced, there will inevitably be slight variations in patination & coloring. Each piece is, therefore, unique. (55-009-A) Pure Bronze Tripod - Ancient Greek Art Lost Wax Method Winner Prize
