.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE MIRROR
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast with a concave-sided flange flaring at the bottom, the ornate handle with acanthus formations merging with the disk extension, the terminal in the form of an equine head, the obverse with a dentate edge, the reverse with a raised plain border, the interior engraved with an inner garland of spiky leaves enclosing the so-called sacra conversazione among four figures, with the Dioskouroi, the twins Castor and Pollux, seated on the right and left above their circular shields rendered in profile, both nude but for Phrygian caps and boots, the figure on the right also adorned with a mantle and baldric, an amphora at his feet, and two standing female figures between them, Minerva at the left facing left, draped and identifiable by her helmet and scaley aegis, Helen or Turan-Aphrodite to the right, depicted nude with her head inclined to the right, her long curly hair framing her face, wearing boots and a mantle over her shoulders and gathering between her legs, a fine blue-green patina throughout
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) long
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast with a concave-sided flange flaring at the bottom, the ornate handle with acanthus formations merging with the disk extension, the terminal in the form of an equine head, the obverse with a dentate edge, the reverse with a raised plain border, the interior engraved with an inner garland of spiky leaves enclosing the so-called sacra conversazione among four figures, with the Dioskouroi, the twins Castor and Pollux, seated on the right and left above their circular shields rendered in profile, both nude but for Phrygian caps and boots, the figure on the right also adorned with a mantle and baldric, an amphora at his feet, and two standing female figures between them, Minerva at the left facing left, draped and identifiable by her helmet and scaley aegis, Helen or Turan-Aphrodite to the right, depicted nude with her head inclined to the right, her long curly hair framing her face, wearing boots and a mantle over her shoulders and gathering between her legs, a fine blue-green patina throughout
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Nachlass Arnold Ruesch, Zurich; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 1-2 September 1936, lot 94.
with McMillen, New York, 17 July 1940.
with McMillen, New York, 17 July 1940.
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.