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A Hellenistic bronze mirror cover

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Item Details

Description

A Hellenistic bronze mirror cover
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Depicting in relief Eros and Psyche, seated upon a rocky outcrop their bodies turned out but their heads facing inwards, their gaze upwards; Psyche on the left wearing a chiton and a flowing himation, Eros on the right holding his bow, attached to a later Roman mirror, 12.5cm diam.
Footnotes:
Provenance:
Dr P. Poitier Collection, France, acquired before 1980.
Anonymous sale; Millon & Associés, Paris, 3 December 2010, lot 187.

Published:
Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXVIII, New York, 2017, no.67.
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