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LOT 0588
Scythian Bronze Mirror with Panther Handle
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
17 3/8 in. (1.85 kg total, 44 cm high including stand).
Discoid mirror with raised rim, ribbed rectangular handle with lateral lobes at base, transverse ribbed finial with stylised feline above modelled in the round; repaired and mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Acquired 1971-1971.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Ex London, UK, collector.
Property of a Essex gentleman.
Literature
See Hoffmann, H., Graeco-Scythian Mirrors in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol.69, No.1 (Jan, 1965), pp.65-66.
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