Bronze Support for a Mirror with Seated Eros in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2019

Bronze support for a mirror
4th century B.C.

Greek, South Italian, Locrian ?


Object Details

Title: Bronze support for a mirror

Period: Classical

Date: 4th century B.C.

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Locrian ?

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16 x 3 3/4in. (13.9 x 9.5cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958

Accession Number: 58.11.3


Seated Eros

The mirror disk fit into the curved surface above; the tang below was inserted into a handle made of ivory, bone, or wood.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254976