ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Mirror with Meleager and Atalanta
AAT Object Form/FunctionHand Mirrors
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date2nd Century CE
MediumBronze, gilding
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
DimensionsMaximum: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Object number1985.005
Exhibition HistoryThe Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, April 5 - June 25, 1989MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - September 30, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 68.
ProvenanceEx coll. Honorable Robert William Hervey Erskine, England. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Robin Symes [Robin Symes Ltd.], London, England.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st-2nd Century CE
early 1st Century CE
mid 1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
early 3rd Century BCE
early 4th Century BCE
4th Century BCE
5th-4th Century BCE
ca. 400 BCE
4th-3rd Century BCE
2nd-3rd Century CE
ca. 325-300 BCE
