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LOT 0521
Hellenistic Decorated Bronze Mirror
2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 7/8 in. (440 grams, 15.1 cm).
Discoid with slightly raised rim, low-relief concentric ring detailing to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1995.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. for a specific parallel Richter, M.A., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman bronzes, New York, 1915, no.784, p.269.
FootnotesThe category of this mirror is similar to those of the Cesnola collection, from Cyprus at the Metropolitan Museum. They consist of heavy circular disks, provided with low cylindrical rims. They were made in pairs, and polished respectively on the recessed and flat sides. The unpolished sides were ornamented with concentric-circle ornaments and concentric mouldings.
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LOT 0521
Hellenistic Decorated Bronze Mirror
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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