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Support for a mirror showing an athlete

about 470 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 19.1 x 4 x 8.6 cm (7 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.706
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceOctober 1, 1896: sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London, to the MFA (according to Warren's records, this was said to come from Croton.).
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