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THBHellenistic Greek Bronze Mirror w/ Figural Handle
Lot 36a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
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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2019-09-26 10:00:00
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. late 4th to 2nd century BCE. A graceful cast bronze mirror, composed of a slightly concave thin disc with a short lip which would have once held a highly polished reflective surface. Attached using two rivets is a figural handle in the form of a standing nude woman. She stands with her legs pressed together and her hands crossed over her chest. The details of her face are lost to time, but her wavy coiffure is still visible on the back of her head and neck. Size: 6.3" W x 10.45" H (16 cm x 26.5 cm); 10.75" H (27.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Bronze mirrors are associated with women in ancient Greece. For example, in boudoir scenes - a common painting subject on vases - one or more women sit with a range of objects such as caskets, baskets, jewelry, small bottles for cosmetics and perfume, bowls, and mirrors. These items rarely appear alongside men in Greek art. Mirrors are also common offerings left behind in women's graves, especially elite women. Although they are often symbols of vanity today, the ancient Greeks used them not just to check their appearances but to divine the will of the gods, using the polished surface to see beyond their own world and into that of the supernatural.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Japanese collection, 1980s
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#149164Intact, with pretty mottled dark green and turquoise green patina with light deposits. Wear commensurate with age, including a small area of bending on one side of the mirror and smoothing of the features of the handle.Condition
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