CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE MIRROR
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) long

Provenance

with Elsa Bloch-Diener (1922-2012), Bern, acquired by 1975.
The Elsa Bloch-Diener Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 5 July 2017, lot 66.
Art Market, London, acquired from the above.
with Vilmar Numismatics, Big Indian, NY.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2018.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

This engraved mirror depicts Turms standing in front of a seated Tinia (the Etruscan version of Hermes and Zeus), identified by accompanying inscription in the field. For a discussion on the gods on Etruscan mirrors, see pls. 75-79, pp. 91-92 and 95 in Thomson de Grummond, ed., A Guide to Etrsucan Mirrors.

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