Lot 0217

ROMAN LEAD VOTIVE MIRROR

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Ca. AD 100-300.A lead votive mirror, with a circular disk and rectangular handle with scroll-shaped supports. The obverse is covered with several concentric registers of moulded decoration, arranged around a central rondel, where the reflective material would have been placed. Votive mirrors were dedicated to the Roman gods, usually by women, as a way of thanking them for divine assistance or protection. For more information see Kiernan, P. (2009) Miniature Votive Offerings in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire, Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen; Kouzov, C. (2002) Lead Roman mirrors in Varna Archaeological Museum, Archaeologia Bulgarica 6(3), pp. 63-99. Size: 95mm x 55mm; Weight: 30g Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1990s.