Mirror with engraved figure of a flying Lasa
Mirror with engraved figure of a flying Lasa

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Mirror with engraved figure of a flying Lasa,

late 4th – 3rd century BCE

Etruscan
y1954-412

Information

Title
Mirror with engraved figure of a flying Lasa
Dates

late 4th – 3rd century BCE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. 15.5 cm., th. 0.5 cm., diam. 14.3 cm., weight 114g (6 1/8 x 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
Object Number
y1954-412
Place Made

Italy

Place Excavated

Viterbo

Culture
Etruscan
Type
hand mirrors
Subject
engraving (incising), women

Said to have been found in Viterbo in 1924, possibly by Prof. Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.; bequeathed to the Museum in 1954 by Mather.

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