Mirror

Description

Mirror in bronze with traces of gilding, with an elliptical plate socketed into a handle in the form of a papyrus stalk: Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty

Museum reference

A.1953.131

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mirror

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Bronze, Copper alloy

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Hearst Collection

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland