File:Mirror and mirror cover - Detail.jpg

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Mirror Cover with Eros and erotic scene (symplegma) - Bronze releif - 340 – 320 BCE - Detail

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Description
English: Box mirror, a lidded container with a mirror as the base

This image is the outer casing of a mirror cover.

Eros and erotic scene (symplegma). Symplegma on a couch with two large pillows. Above, Eros flies to the right, holding a fillet in his outstretched hands. Embossed in relief on the exterior of the mirror cover.

Crusty green patina, with the edges of the relief on the cover corroded.

Reportedly found in a grave in Corinth

Greek

Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth

MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE: Bronze and silvered bronze

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 17.5 x 2.5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 in.)

Other: 17.5cm (6 7/8in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: RES.08.32c.2

From the Museum of Fine arts. Boston.
Date about 340–320 BCE
Source https://collections.mfa.org/objects/375249
Author Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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    Outer Casing Detail
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  • Outer Casing
    Outer Casing
  • Inner Casing
    Inner Casing
  • Inner Casing
    Inner Casing

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