ARCHAIC PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK BRONZE MIRROR
ARCHAIC PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
10 ¾ in. (27.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1984, lot 259.
Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired from the above sale.

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Lot Essay

This mirror is of Argive-Corinthian type with a round disk and flat handle terminating in a round medallion depicting a sphinx. On the handle is a lady in relief with her hands raised up and the rim is embellished with beaded decoration. For a mirror of the same type, cf. A. Trofimova, Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage, Los Angeles, 2007, pg. 111, no. 30.

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