Bronze female statuette.

National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece

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Material Bronze
Date range About 455 BC
Origin Elis (Argive workshop)

This small bronze figure was made to hold up a mirror for someone to use. She is shown wearing a peplos, which was a heavy and traditional dress worn by women to honor the gods. The stiff and straight folds of her clothing show the serious style of religious art from that time.

The large ornament on her head connected the figure to the round mirror disk that is now missing. These objects were often used in daily life but were also given as gifts to goddesses in their temples. 

Museum label reference 6197. Bronze statuette of a female figurine wearing a heavy tunic (peplophoros). From Elis. The figure supported a mirror. Argive workshop. About 455 BC.

Original Text 6197. Χάλκινο αγαλμάτιο πεπλοφόρου. Από την Ήλιδα Ηλείας. Η μορφή αποτελούσε το στήριγμα κατόπτρου. Αργειακό εργαστήριο. Γύρω στο 455 π.Χ.

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Bronze statuette of a female figure wearing a peplos from a mirror stand.

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