Bronze mirror support in the form of a man
The male figure carries the forepart of a horse on each shoulder and the upper part of a human female on his head.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze mirror support in the form of a man
- Period: Archaic
- Date: early 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H.: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.203
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Argive
mid-5th century BCE
South Italian
ca. 570–560 BCE
Campanian or South Italian Greek
ca. 500–450 BCE
Greek, Laconian
2nd half of the 6th century BCE
Greek, Laconian
ca. 540–530 BCE
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