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 spli൩t palmettes on the mirror support above.
Height as restored 15.2 cm.
Lou💙is-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras
French private collection, by descent fr🐎om 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 At🔥hens (), and another at Castle Howard, Yorkshire (). For the complete composition including mirror plate and dove see an example in New York (The Metropolitan Museum of Art no. 1972.118.78, 🌟).