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Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited
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Egyptian bronze and wood mirror
( Egypt
1540 BC to 1295 BC
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Medium
Polished bronze and wood
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
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Provenance
Private collection Germany
Private collection Switzerland
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Literature:
(ed) Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, 'The Realm of Osiris', Atlanta 2001, fig. 20, p. 28 for a similar example.
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Exhibition History:
at the Staatliche Sammlungen Aegyptischer Kunst, Munich during the 4th international Congress of Egyptologists in 1985, published by Dietrich Wildung in: 'Entdeckungen, Aegyptische Kunst in Sueddeutschland', 1985
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Description / Expertise
The thin polished bronze reflective surface is of a compressed circular form with a tang inserted into a club shaped handle, which narrows before flaring out at the base.
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