A foot from a couch or stool formed as a tiered foot and baluster with broad lotus-leaf collar, lion's claw with swept curves to the rear, bust of Diana (?) with acanthus leaves and lateral palmettes, biconvex rim. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

PROVENANCE:
Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990.

FOOTNOTES:
Similar examples to this foot dating to the Roman period can be seen on the complete triclinium couches now in the Museo dei Conservatori, Rome, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (accession number 17.190.2076), and The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (accession number 54.2365).