id: 133695
accession number: 1956.31
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Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Herakles Knot, c. 280–400 CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; diameter: 2.3 x 34.6 cm (7/8 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1956.31
title: Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Herakles Knot
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creation date: c. 280–400 CE
creation date earliest: 280
creation date latest: 400
current location: 104 Late Antiquity
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
technique: silver
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 2.3 x 34.6 cm (7/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE
reportedly found on the coast of Syria south of Latakia, from a treasure of eleven pieces. (Milton Girod, Sarthe, France).
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CITATIONS
Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, Henry Maguire, and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers. Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House. Urbana: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989. p. 194.
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Lerner, Judith. "Horizontal-Handled Mirrors: East and West." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volume 31(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996). pp. 11-40.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 47
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n23
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