A ROMAN GILT TINNED-BRONZE MIRROR

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D

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A ROMAN GILT TINNED-BRONZE MIRROR
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D
The obverse decorated in repoussé with the Three Graces, two facing front and the one in the centre, seen from the rear, each with one hand on the other's shoulder, holding stalks of wheat in their free hands, all three shown with their heads in profile, gazing downwards, the thighs of the central figure covered with drapery held in the crook of her arms, their hair pulled back with two coils encircling the head, to the left of the group a volute krater, to the right an oinochoe, both on square pedestals
4¾ in. (12.2 cm.) diam.

來源

with Simone de Monbrison, Paris, 1980s.
Jacques Werner collection, Belgium; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, the Graces are named Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth) and Thalia (Abundance). They enjoyed important venerable cults in Greece and Asia Minor and served as an elaborate allegory for the cycle of giving, accepting and returning favours, cf. E. J. Milleker, 'The Three Graces on a Roman Relief Mirror,' Metropolitan Museum Journal 23, New York, 1988, pp. 69-81 for similar.