Text, Mirror supported by a woman holding a dove

European Museums, The British Museum

Mirror supports in the form of women, and occasionally men, were popular in the late-Archaic period and continued into the fifth century B.C. Most wear a simple tunic (peplos), usually pulled up at one side by the hand. The Erotes may identify the subject as Aphrodite. Greek, about 470


Mirror supported by a woman holding a dove
Genre:  470 A.D.

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