An Etruscan bronze mirror
An Etruscan bronze mirror
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
The circular disk engraved on one side with two stylized standing figures in mirror-image juxtaposition, likely the Dioskouroi, each wearing a Phrygian cap and a long belted tunic, small ovals, probably stars, in the field between them, the reverse of the disc with a hatched border and dotted geometric incised decoration on the extension below, the handle terminal in the form of a stylised horse's head, 24.1cm long
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An Etruscan bronze mirror
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
The circular disk engraved on one side with two stylized standing figures in mirror-image juxtaposition, likely the Dioskouroi, each wearing a Phrygian cap and a long belted tunic, small ovals, probably stars, in the field between them, the reverse of the disc with a hatched border and dotted geometric incised decoration on the extension below, the handle terminal in the form of a stylised horse's head, 24.1cm long