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Mirror cover with female head in profile
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 350 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.992b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Cosmetic and medical
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 372; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 123 (additional published references).
DescriptionCover for a mirror (03.992a). A large female head is in relief, profile to the left; the hair is done up in a hair net (sakkos) and drapery covers the shoulders. A bit of the lead with which the relief was attached remains; the original color and brilliant polish of the bronze are in part preserved. There is a hole just above the knot at the back of the sakkos. Crusty green patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in London; said to come from Asia Minor or the islands off its coast); March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren