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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 31 (1996)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 31

"Horizontal-Handled Mirrors: East and West"

Lerner, Judith

1996

30 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Judith A. Lerner

Met Art in Publication

Silver mirror, Silver, Roman — Silver mirror
Roman
4th century CE

Mirror with Handle, Silver, Syrian — Mirror with Handle
Syrian
500–700

Mirror with a handle terminating in griffins, Bronze, Parthian or Sasanian — Mirror with a handle terminating in griffins
Parthian or Sasanian
ca. 3rd–4th century

Mirror Handle, Bronze; cast, gilded — Mirror Handle
9th–10th century

Ewer with dancing females within arcades, Silver, mercury gilding, Sasanian — Ewer with dancing females within arcades
Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE

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