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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.241.C
Title
Part of a Box Mirror
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Mirror
Classification
Mirrors
Work Type
mirror
Date
mid 4th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303732

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Technique
Cast and hammered
Dimensions
11.5 x 0.2 cm (4 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: 1895.241.C was probably formed from a cast sheet, although its thinness suggests that it was hammered out and the decorations cut in the metal. Its patina is very different from 1895.241.A and 1895.241.B; the metallic surface is almost entirely exposed. The patina is an overall mottled light and dark brown with a few areas of green, and some more cupritic red areas on the mirror side. Very fine porosity on that side as well. Most of the pieces assembled under 1895.241 have at least a few small crystalline black growths of copper sulfide that result from post-excavation storage conditions.


Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2012)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.241.C
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This is the reflecting disc from a hinged box mirror (Klappspiegel). The reflecting side is bounded by a convex border, enclosed by two low raised ridges. The reverse side marked by a central circular zone enclosed by five zones of low convex moldings, each of which is enclosed by fine low ridges.
David G. Mitten

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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Verification Level

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