MirrorsEtruscan4th century BCE

Engraved Tang Mirror

late 4th century BCE

Classification

Mirrors

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

h. 23.1 x diam. 15.8 x d. 0.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 3/16 in.) 234.2 g

Provenance

[Fallani, Rome] (by 1951), sold; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1951-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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