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LOT 0743
Roman Bronze Mirror
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (127 grams, 10.3 cm).
Discoid plaque with one polished face, slightly raised rim, incised concentric rings, old label '235' to one side '258' to the other.
Provenance
Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France.
Acquired from Jack-Philippe Ruellan, 4 April 2009, no.258.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 74.51.5413, for a similar mirror.
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