Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A Greek Bronze Mirror Handle, circa mid 5th Century B.C.
Lot Closed
July 5, 02:33 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Greek Bronze Mirror Handle
circa mid 5th Century B.C.
in the form of a woman or goddess standing with her right arm extended and formerly holding a dove, and wearing a woolen peplos and pointed shoes, her finely engraved voluminous coiffure terminating in a broad chignon at the nape of her neck, an engraved palmette and two split palmettes on the mirror support above.
Height as restored 15.2 cm.
Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras
French private collection, by descent from the above (Jack-Philippe Ruellan, Vannes, April 4th 2009, no. 266, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
For related bronze mirror handles see one in Athens (https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2313810), and another at Castle Howard, Yorkshire (https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/1064082). For the complete composition including mirror plate and dove see an example in New York (The Metropolitan Museum of Art no. 1972.118.78, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255391).
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