Bronze box mirror

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2nd quarter of the 4th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

In relief, floral ornament Geometric and floral elements played an important role in the decoration of all types of Greek art. Here lush acanthus leaves give rise to outward curling tendrils with fruit and to a flowerlike central element from which springs a palmette with inturned fronds.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd quarter of the 4th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907