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Lot 108*

An Etruscan bronze mirror

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,312.50 inc. premium

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An Etruscan bronze mirror
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Engraved with a central female, representing Helen, flanked by two warriors, probably the Dioskouroi, Castor and Pollux, and a further female in the background, with laurel leaf border, the handle terminal in the form of a horse's head, 27.2cm long

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Provenance:
Private collection, New Mexico, acquired prior to 1991.

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