Mirror with Repoussé Decoration Depicting Venus Victrix
MirrorsRoman1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Mirror with Repoussé Decoration Depicting Venus Victrix

1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Classification
Mirrors
Technique
Repoussé
Medium
Bronze, one side with traces of gilding
Culture
Roman
Period
Roman period
Century
1st century BCE-2nd century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.3 x 9 cm (3 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Leo Mildenberg (since 1959) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

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