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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE MIRROR
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The cast circular disk with a tapering extension, the reverse engraved with a four-figure scene, perhaps the Dioscuroi and two attendants, engaged in a sacra conversazione, all wearing Phrygian caps, one figure to the left facing right, depicted nude but for a mantle tied at his neck and boots, the other three figures facing him, the two at the center each clad in a long chiton, that to the right with his torso nude, a mantle draped around his waist and legs, an architectural setting behind with a triangular pediment, a lotus bud at the base of the handle; the reverse of the handle with a palmette
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The cast circular disk with a tapering extension, the reverse engraved with a four-figure scene, perhaps the Dioscuroi and two attendants, engaged in a sacra conversazione, all wearing Phrygian caps, one figure to the left facing right, depicted nude but for a mantle tied at his neck and boots, the other three figures facing him, the two at the center each clad in a long chiton, that to the right with his torso nude, a mantle draped around his waist and legs, an architectural setting behind with a triangular pediment, a lotus bud at the base of the handle; the reverse of the handle with a palmette
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1989, lot 75.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 415.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 415.
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