Mirror with decorated back
A.D. 119–125
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze with gilding on relief
Credit LineGift of Ariel Hamill Herrmann
Accession number1997.267
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceBy date unknown: on the Swiss art market (thought to come from Asia Minor) and acquired by Mrs. Suzette Morton Davidson; late 1960s: gift of Mrs. Suzette Morton Davidson to Ariel Hamill Herrmann; by 1976: on deposit with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McAlpine and on loan to MFA for Romans & Barbarians exhibition as S.E. 5787.1; March 2, 1977: on loan to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McAlpine as 87.1977; June 11, 1997: transfer of ownership from Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McAlpine to Ariel Hamill Herrmann (loaned by Ariel Hamill Herrmann to MFA as 117.1997); gift of Ariel Hamill Herrmann to MFA, December 1997
