Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A ROMAN GILT-BRONZE MIRROR COVER, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN GILT-BRONZE MIRROR COVER, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
repoussé in low relief with the group of the Three Graces standing in their usual arrangement, the two outer figures holding stalks of wheat, and flanked by a seated figure of Eros to the left and a thymiaterion to the right.
Diameter 12.6 cm.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (1909-1988), acquired circa 1940-1950
Foy C. Casper, Jr. (1941-2002), former conservator at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Most Roman bronze mirrors featuring the Three Graces show them flanked by an oinochoe on the left and a crater on the right, each standing on a square pedestal; see E. Milleker, Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 23, 1988, pp. 69ff. (with a list of examples known at the time on p. 81).