Grave Stele with a Woman Holding a Mirror in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 2009

Grave Stele with a Woman Looking at Herself in a Mirror

Greek, Athenian, Classical period, around 400 BC
Marble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens

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The mirror would have been of polished brass or silver rather than glass. The woman wears disc earrings, and she stands in a doorway or temple-like frame composed of Doric pilasters (antae), a triangular pediment, and roof ornaments (acroteria). The acroteria would have been decorated with with painted palmettes.

Text from the MFA label.