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LOT 0069
Greek Bronze Mirror with Floral Pattern
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (258 grams 15.2 cm wide).
Discoid with raised beaded rim, obverse slightly convex with a guilloche border; the reverse with a central five-petalled flower and three pairs of concentric circles, crescentic lines radiating from the innermost pair and extending to the outermost pair.
ProvenancePrivate collection Dr L.M., Zurich, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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