Mirror with Paired Sphinxes
12th–13th century
Object PlaceKhorasan, Iran
Medium/TechniqueCast bronze
DimensionsDiameter x thickness: 11.4 x 1.2 cm (4 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4482
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)
early 13th century
12th century
12th–13th century
1580
inscribed with date equivalent to A.D. 1137
2nd century
late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
2nd–1st century B.C.
mid to late 19th century