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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Antiquities| > |Central Asian Antiquities| > AL59777
Indus Valley, Bronze Combination Cloak Pin and Mirror, c. 1st Millennium B.C.
|Central| |Asian| |Antiquities|, |Indus| |Valley,| |Bronze| |Combination| |Cloak| |Pin| |and| |Mirror,| |c.| |1st| |Millennium| |B.C.|, Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from Etruscan Italy to China. In the Indus valley civilization, manufacture of bronze mirrors goes back to 2800 to 2500 B.C.
AL59777. Indus valley, Bronze Pin/Mirror, c. 1st Millenium B.C., 3.25 x 11 inches, mirror with polished circular face with long pin handle, nice example, from a New Jersey collection, purchased from a European dealer (c. 1980's); very rare; SOLD










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