Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.53: Leech Fibula with Long Catchplate Jewelry Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Leech Fibula with Long Catchplate , 2012.1.53,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/177812. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.53 Title Leech Fibula with Long Catchplate Classification Jewelry Work Type fibula, pin Date 7th-first half 6th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Orientalizing period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/177812 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 1.6 x 5.4 cm (5/8 x 2 1/8 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of botryoidal malachite. Brown soil accretions are present. The fibula appears to be deeply mineralized. Shiny surfaces are preserved in the corrosion products in some areas. The general shape may have been cast; the catchplate, spring, and tapered pin were probably cold worked into their final shapes from the casting. Henry Lie (submitted 2010) Provenance Recorded Ownership History The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.53 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums This small fibula is undecorated. The bow is comparatively thin, while the sheath catchplate is fairly long and rounded at the end to cover the tip of the pin (1). The spring coils three times before turning into the pin. NOTES: 1. Compare H. Donder, Die Fibeln, Katalog der Sammlung antiker Kleinkunst des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg 3.2 (Mainz, 1994) 35, 38-39, and 63-70, nos. 19 and 36, pls. 4 and 7; and A. Naso, I bronzi etruschi e italici del Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Kataloge vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Altertümer 33 (Mainz, 2003) 242, nos. 429-30, pl. 102. Lisa M. Anderson Publication History John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), M68, p. 173 [J. S. Crawford] Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
