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Bronze Mirror with Engraved Back - FZ.150
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 1200
BC
to 700
BC
Dimensions:
10.75" (27.3cm) high
x 7.5" (19.1cm) wide
Collection: Near Eastern
Style: Iron Age
Medium: Bronze
$8,600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Time has dulled the silvered surface of this ancient mirror, whose back is engraved with a ritual scene perhaps relating to marriage. Time has dulled too the memory of what it once reflected in its depths: only the imagination can see them now. If this mirror could speak, would it tell us of rich palaces carved from marble and hung with silk, or of a beauty so exquisite that even today the mirror smiles with pleasure remembering her flawless complexion, her red lips and her dark eyes.
- (FZ.150)
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