Bronze mirror with wooden backing, set in a silver-gilt frame
The silver-gilt openwork band that enframes the mirror itself is decorated with herons and other birds among palmettes, flowers, and leaves. The wooden back originally may have been covered with fabric that would have set off the open frame most effectively.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze mirror with wooden backing, set in a silver-gilt frame
- Period: Hellenistic or Early Roman
- Date: 2nd century BC–1st century AD
- Culture: Greek
- Medium: Bronze, wood, silver, gold
- Dimensions: Diam.: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Classification: Gold and Silver
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.50.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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mid-5th century BCE
ca. 375–350 BCE
ca. mid-1st century BCE
late 5th–early 4th century BCE
2nd century BCE–1st century CE
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