Terracotta statuette of a woman looking into a box mirror

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3rd–2nd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

This woman holds a box mirror on her knee. The lid has dropped and she gazes into the reflective surface, which would have been of highly polished bronze.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–2nd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, probably West Greek, possibly Centuripe

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912