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THBEtruscan Bronze Mirror w/ Incised Scene - Ex Ede
Lot 23b
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Etruria, northern Italy, ca. 4th century BCE. Etruscan bronze mirror of circular form with short insertion tang, the convex (reflecting) side having a raised band around the circumference. The back shows chased decoration with two youthful heroes within a band of vine leaves. The figure on the left is Heracles wearing his lion-skin headdress and the figure on the right is Apollo wearing a cloak clasped at the neck. Both are shown seated and confronting as if they were having a deep conversation on the meaning of life and death. Size: 6" W x 8.25" H (15.2 cm x 21 cm); 9.5" H (24.1 cm) on included custom stand.
According to the Encyclopedia of Ancient Art - "Mirrors, known to the Etruscans as malena or malstria, were first produced in quantity from the end of the 6th century BCE right through to the 2nd century BCE. They were locally made in such Etruscan towns as Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri and Chiusi, as attested by the large number of finds in those places. Besides being an object of practical daily use, mirrors were a status symbol for aristocratic Etruscan women and appear on Etruscan tomb wall paintings often carried by a lady's maidservant. There is evidence, too, that they were used by some men if the fact that they were found in male-only tombs is an indicator. Mirrors were commonly given as part of a bride's dowry, and it is likely that these valuable objects, frequently decorated with great craftsmanship, also acquired a sentimental value."
Provenance: ex Property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA - sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Acquired Charles Ede, London, 1988, lot 44
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#157156Intact with minor surface pitting, with interesting tan to purple patina. The design has been highlighted in soluble white pigment to aid photography - this done in the middle of the 20th century.Condition
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