Sujet
Mirror Back with Great Goddess, 400-550. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Mirror Back with Great Goddess, 400-550. An important female deity commands the watery scene on the back of this mirror. The face, bordered by ear ornaments and partially hidden by a nose ornament, appears beneath a huge headdress with the fringed eyes and curled proboscis of an abstract butterfly. The deity rests on a shell-studded water band and two adoring humans offer flowers or incense in a bag. Mirrors served as costume ornaments and perhaps were used in rituals to divine the unknown.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F93_464
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,8Mo (6,6Mo) / 44,2cm x 37,4cm / 5216 x 4412 (300dpi)