An active commercial centre in the Mediterranean, the city is also remembered for its landscape and for its flourishing culture, attested by archaeological evidence.
Probably they were considered some sort of prestige goods and it’s not difficult to figure it out judging their refined beauty (a clear example of the high level reached by the handicraft of Magna Graecia).Įspecially their handles are important since they record many interesting information regarding the artistic expressions of their age and, moreover, regarding how the bronze was worked during that age helping us to understand the techniques that were used to build the bronze statues which didn’t ever reach our age and, of which, those mirrors are a representation at a smaller scale.Īlmost certainly their production is local, Locrian but their style is obviously influenced by the Ionic style from the Cyclades islands and the Aegean coasts of the modern Turkey.įollow us on Instagram, calabria_mediterranea Source: archaeology archeology mirror mirrors bronze calabria reggio calabria italy south italy italia italian southern italy europe mediterranean locri art art history history magna graecia magna grecia greek ancient greece greek art ancient art ancient siren handcrafted handcraftĪrcheological Park of Locri, Calabria, ItalyĮpizephyrian Locris was one of the most important Southern Italian colonies of Ancient Greece. and the first half of the IV century b.C.
It is impressive and surprising (as a matter of fact this is the only known example in the Greek west) the frequency with which these objects, usually considered as simple bath utensils, appears in the grave goods between the second half of the VI century b.C. The bronze mirrors of Locri Epizephyrii, one of the many Greek colonies of Southern Italy, discovered during the exploration of the Necropolis of Contrada Lucifero, are doubtless amongst the most interesting archaeological finds brought to light during the excavations in the ancient polis. Bronze mirrors of Locri Epizephyrii, Calabria, Italy - IV century BC, Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, Italy
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