2000.277: Mirror with Engraved Decoration
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.277
- Title
- Mirror with Engraved Decoration
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- 4th-3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic
- Culture
- Etruscan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182293
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
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10.5 x 9.7 cm (4 1/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
99.96 g
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Dr. Jerome Eisenberg, 2000.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Jerome M. Eisenberg
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.277
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Bronze disc with dentilated edge on convex side. Concave side with incised decoration: two winged men stand facing, wearing helmets, tunics, and a chlamys tied around the neck. Between them is a rosette, and behind them is a pediment. The uppermost portion of the plate from which the shank ran is preserved. Segment of the disc is broken away. Both sides are covered with a thin green patina over red curpite corrosion, with much surface bubbling.
Verification Level
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