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Bronze Mirror with Engraved Back, 1200 BCE - 700 CE

Bronze
7.5 x 10.75
FZ.150
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Time has dulled the silvered surface of this ancient mirror, whose back is engraved with a ritual scene perhaps relating to marriage. Time has dulled too the memory of what...
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Time has dulled the silvered surface of this ancient mirror, whose back is engraved with a ritual scene perhaps relating to marriage. Time has dulled too the memory of what it once reflected in its depths: only the imagination can see them now. If this mirror could speak, would it tell us of rich palaces carved from marble and hung with silk, or of a beauty so exquisite that even today the mirror smiles with pleasure remembering her flawless complexion, her red lips and her dark eyes.
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