File:Mirror and mirror cover - image 1 of 3 - B.jpg

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Inner casing of mirror cover. Erotic scene (symplegma). - Engraved on silvered surface 340 – 320 BCE

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Description
English: A box mirror, a lidded container with a mirror as the base.

This image is the inner casing of the mirror cover. Engraved inside the cover on a silvered surface is symplegma on the edge of a couch. A pair of slippers is on the footstool in the foreground.

Crusty green patina.

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.

Link:https://collections.mfa.org/objects/375249
Date about 340–320 BCE
Source https://collections.mfa.org/objects/375249
Author Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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