Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 297
726 727 HORIZONTAL HANDLE OF A BOWL. The handle is roughlyoval in shape and is decorated with mouldedcollars; below is an attachment with a designof palmette and volutes roughly worked inrelief. Roman period. For a similar handle cf. K.Schumacher, Antike Bronzen in Karlsruhe, pi.VIII, 34. Length,… … z;o TOILET ARTICLES AND PERSONALORNAMENTS MIRRORS The employment of mirrors (evoirTpov, speculum) for reflection goes Mirrorsback as far as Egyptian times, where they appear to have been in regularuse from the Old Empire. They were also known to the Mycenaeans, andformed an indispensable article of…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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