Stemmed mirror

Museum number:
8-5859
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Minerva
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964), S1964-1965 #45: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley) (January 6, 1965–January 6, 1965), S1965-1966 #18: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis)/Helen Giambruni (September 23, 1965–November 5, 1965), and S1978-1979 #9: Saint Mary’s College of California (August 28, 1978–October 26, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 2 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 3 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 4 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 5 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 6 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 7 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 8 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 9 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 10 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 11 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 12 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.Hearst Museum object 13 of 13 titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stemmed mirror, accession number 8-5859, described as Etruscan bronze mirror; cast-handle type; encrustation on both surfaces of disk and blue discoloration on obverse due to bronze disease; dark green patina; handle ends in stylized ram’s head; rim of obverse beaded; engraved scene of four figures, two women flanking Minerva (Greek=Athena) and nude man, standing against architecture; guilloche border; mirror appears to have been conserved with a translucent glaze.

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