Part of a Box Mirror
MirrorsHellenistic or Early Roman3rd century BCE-1st century CE

Part of a Box Mirror

3rd-1st century BCE

Classification
Mirrors
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Mirror: High tin bronze; Back of mirror: Mixed copper alloy
Culture
Hellenistic or Early Roman
Period
Hellenistic period
Century
3rd century BCE-1st century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.9 x 0.2 cm (4 5/16 x 1/16 in.)

Provenance

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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