Offered by Galerie Rhéa
A superb fragmentary example of an Etruscan bronze mirror delicately depicting with great probability a scene from the judgment of Paris.
H : max. 9cm ; Ø: max. 9cm.
Published: in „Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum“ (CSE) U.S.A, 4: Northeastern Collections (2005) Nr. 51. Author Dr. R. D. De Puma.
Provenance: The dissolving of the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts (1931-2004). Inventory Nr. 518.9. This fragment of a mirror was bought by John Woodman Higgins from the legendary antiquarian Sumner Healey, Bordeaux and New York, on March 27th, 1928.