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THE PROPERTY OF A COLORADO PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A GREEK BRONZE MIRROR
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK BRONZE MIRROR
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in one piece, the disk plain but for a dotted border on the obverse, the tapering handle centered by a nude caryatid in shallow relief, her hands raised above her head, flanking rosettes at the merge with the disk, the circular terminal with a sphinx in profile to the right, the caryatid and sphinx framed by a scalloped border, the handle with a horizontal break repaired in antiquity by a section of bronze sheet attached on the reverse by four rivets
12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm.) long
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in one piece, the disk plain but for a dotted border on the obverse, the tapering handle centered by a nude caryatid in shallow relief, her hands raised above her head, flanking rosettes at the merge with the disk, the circular terminal with a sphinx in profile to the right, the caryatid and sphinx framed by a scalloped border, the handle with a horizontal break repaired in antiquity by a section of bronze sheet attached on the reverse by four rivets
12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, 1968.
Art Market, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 16 June 2006, lot 123.
Art Market, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 16 June 2006, lot 123.
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