Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.50: Fibula with Floral Foot 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"Fibula with Floral Foot , 2012.1.50,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/178168. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.50 Title Fibula with Floral Foot Classification Jewelry Work Type pin, fibula Date late 5th-mid 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Classical period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/178168 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 1.9 x 0.8 x 3.7 cm (3/4 x 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of black. Brown burial accretions are present. The fibula is stable, although it is mineralized and fragile. The black areas are probably sulfides from a modern storage environment. The heavier, curved bow section and the pomegranate finial at the tip were probably cast using a direct lost-wax process. From this casting, the spring, pin, and catchplate were cold worked into their finished shapes. On the projecting stem of the pomegranate is a cross made up of two grooves, probably cut abrasively. There is no other decoration of the surface. Henry Lie (submitted 2012) 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 2012.1.50 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 intact one-piece fibula has a floral foot. The spring has three coils, with the pin tapering to a point. The undecorated leech bow is pointed on the exterior. The large knob at the foot of the catchplate resembles a poppy head. 1. Compare A. Dionisio, “Le fibule tra il V e il I secolo A.C.,” in Il Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche 3: I bronzi della collezione Gorga, ed. M. G. Benedettini (Rome, 2012) 156-91, esp. 165, nos. 474-76, pl. 28. 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), M62, p. 171 [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
