Lot 40
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A GREEK BRONZE BOX MIRROR
A GREEK BRONZE BOX MIRROR
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A GREEK BRONZE BOX MIRROR

LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK BRONZE BOX MIRROR
LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Ophiuchus Collection, New York and London, acquired by 1989.
with Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, acquired from the above, 2012.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2023.
Literature
I. Love, Ophiuchus Collection, Florence, 1989, pp. 106-107, no. 18.

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Lot Essay

For a similar examples also depicting profile female heads, see nos. 371-372 in M. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Two identical inscriptions to the reverse of the mirror and case read "ΣΑΙ ΧΑΛΚΗΙ," or "[?] in bronze."

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