Bronze Mirror with a Wooden Backing Set in a Silver-Gilt Frame in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Bronze Mirror with Wooden Backing, set in a silver-gilt frame
Greek, 4th-3rd century BC
Said to be from Bulgaria

Accession # 22.50.1

The silver-gilt openwork band that enframes the mirror itself is decorated with herons and other birds among palmettes, flowers, and leaves. The wooden back originally may have been covered with fabric that would have set off the open frame most effectively.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.