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Bronze mirror support in the form of a nude girl

ca. 540–530 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 150
The girl stands on a frog, and the traces of feline feet at her shoulders must have belonged to animals that helped in the support of the mirror disk. She wears a band decorated with a ring and amulets and holds cymbals in her hands. Like the nude female supporting a mirror in an adjacent case (38.11.3), this figure was probably made by a Laconian artist.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze mirror support in the form of a nude girl
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 540–530 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Laconian
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 7 15/16 × 2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (20.2 × 6.7 × 7 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.5680
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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