File:Mirror Cover with Eros and erotic scene (symplegma) Originally from Corinth.jpg
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English: A box mirror, a lidded container with a mirror as the base.
This image is the inner casing of the mirror cover. Cover separated from mirror (RES.08.32c.1). On the cover, within raised concentric rings, an erotic scene on a couch with two large pillows. Above, Eros flies to the right, holding a fillet in his outstretched hands. Engraved inside the cover on a silvered surface, an erotic scene on the edge of a similar couch. A pair of slippers is on the footstool in the foreground. On the underside of the mirror, raised concentric rings.
Greek Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE: Bronze and silvered bronze
Overall: 17.5 x 2.5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 in.) Other: 17.5cm (6 7/8in.) ACCESSION NUMBER: RES.08.32c.2 From the Museum of Fine arts. Boston. Link: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/375249 |
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| Source | http://educators.mfa.org/mirror-cover-eros-and-erotic-scene-symplegma-119287 |
| Author | MFA Boston |
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Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 340–320 B.C. Corinth, Corinthia, Greece
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