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Mirror with Addorsed Sphinxes

1200s

Eastern Anatolia or Northern Mesopotamia

Medium
Cast bronze with relief decoration
Measurements
Diameter: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.9 x 0.3 cm (3/8 x 1/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Weight: 160 g (5.64 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.402
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Location
Not on view
Print
A circular bronze mirror, aged with a green and brown patina, features a raised central knob between two back-to-back human-headed winged lions. Their large-eyed faces turn forward, surrounded by sinuous, weaving vines. Details on the bodies and wings are rendered in textured relief with stippled dots. An outer circular band is filled with stylized script, and the entire scene is enclosed by a smooth, raised rim.

Mirror with Addorsed Sphinxes

1200s

Eastern Anatolia or Northern Mesopotamia

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