Mirror
2181 BCE-after 1650 BCE
Medium
bronze
Measurements
11.1 × 11.6 × 0.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Some depictions have survived that show women using mirrors to apply cosmetics. The bronze mirror disc, probably imitating a sun disc and having both a practical and symbolic function, would originally have been polished, and would have had a wooden or ivory handle.
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