Circular Mirror with Decoration of Four Long-Tailed Birds, Perhaps Phoenixes, against a Ground of Volutes
5th-3rd century BCE
Dimensions
Diam. 20.1 cm (7 15/16 in.) Weight: 550 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York (April 1936)
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