MirrorsGreek5th century BCE

Fragment of a Box Mirror Relief with a Hunter with Dog

5th century BCE

Classification

Mirrors

Technique

Repoussé

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period to Classical

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

12.4 x 6.8 cm (4 7/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[American Art Galleries, 6-8 January 1927, lot 86] sold; to V. G. Simkhovitch, sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

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