Neoclassical Urn on Base, Fitted As a Lamp

Garlands in bronze, a block of white marble, and a little brass flame on top for punctuation.

This neoclassical urn on a base, fitted as a lamp, is bronze, cut marble and metal, and dates to the 20th century. Neoclassical design borrowed the urn from ancient Greek and Roman art, generally pairing it with swags, fluting and leaf moldings. The urn here carries a beaded rim, a frieze of draped garlands and a ribbed belly narrowing to a short stem. Beneath it, a square of veined white marble rests on a bronze plinth with a leaf border. The shade is crisp black fabric in tight pleats. It is 5.5 inches long, 5.5 deep and 34.5 high.

It has a twin, and both of them know it.