A fine Egyptian Bronze Toilet Mirror, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1938 - 1758 BCE Medium - Silver Each griffin faces a central

Each griffin faces a central stylized sacred tree

These stories were passed down to her by her father and her grandfather and their parents before them for millennia

like the White Crown)

The result is a beautifully balanced

Carved from fine alabaster

A fine Egyptian Bronze Toilet Mirror, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1938 - 1758 BCE Medium - Silver Each griffin faces a centralThis delicate bronze hand mirror was made in two pieces: the thin, ellipsoidal mirror disc has a tang that fits neatly into a hole in the socket handle. The wood handle is in the form of a papyrus column, perhaps the most popular shape for Egyptian mirror handles. The thin, elegant disc, once burnished to a gleaming reflective surface, now features a fine deep green brown patina. The shaft of metallic mirrors were made in Egypt as early as the Old