An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Photo Bonhams

The reverse of the mirror engraved with a Bacchic figural scene of a dancing maenad holding a thyrsus and a nude male figure holding a timpanum, with scrolling foliate decoration around the edge and at the join with the handle, the obverse with a notched border, a palmette at the join with the handle, terminating in an animal head, 10¾in (27.5cm) long, mounted. Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, US$ 4,700 - 7,900, € 3,600 - 6,000 - Unsold

Provenance:: The Aldo Branca Collection, Ascona, Switzerland, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s.

Bonhams. Antiquities, 25 Apr 2012. London, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com