File:Clevelandart 1972.66.jpg
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Summary
Mirror Box with Head of Athena
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| Title |
Mirror Box with Head of Athena |
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| Description |
These case or box mirrors, constructed just like modern, hinged makeup compacts, were very fashionable from the later 5th century into the 4th century. The decoration of the cover was always in repoussé. Frequently there was another disk within this cover with an incised decoration of a mythological figure. The actual mirror is the highly polished top of the bottom half of the box. A loop at the hinge allowed the mirror to be suspended as a wall decoration when not in active use. |
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| Date | -400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Bronze, partially gilt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greek and Roman Art |
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| Accession number |
1972.66 |
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| Place of creation | Greece, early 4th Century BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 14:04, 21 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 2,890 (1.83 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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