Mirror with Dioskouroi Artist: Unknown

3rd century B.C.

Ancient Art

Not on view
Medium

Bronze, incised decoration

Dimensions

9 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 1/2 in. (23.5 × 11.8 × 1.2 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1952.52.8

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Hellenistic

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

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Provenance
On a tag in the box that came with the mirror when it was donated to Yale, the mirror is said to have been "found in a tomb in Civita Castellana in 1895."
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 264, ill
  • Nancy Thomson de Grummond, "Etruscan Twins and Mirror Images: The Dioskouroi at the Door," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1991), 10–31, fig. 1–2
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

mirrors

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