Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.5: Bow Fibula 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"Bow Fibula , 2012.1.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/186805. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.5 Title Bow Fibula Classification Jewelry Work Type pin, fibula Date 7th-6th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Orientalizing period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/186805 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 2.6 x 0.7 x 7.3 cm (1 x 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is light green with areas of black. The condition is stable, although the fibula is mineralized and fragile. The heavier curved bow section and the thicker knob at the terminal were probably cast using a direct lost-wax process. From this casting, the spring, pin, and catchplate were cold worked to their finished shapes. No finer decorations are present. Henry Lie (submitted 2012) Inscriptions and Marks label: Small tan label "Fi. 7" 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 2012.1.5 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 The bow of this one-piece, triple-coiled fibula has a high semicircular arch. The undecorated bow is circular in section and is thinner near the spring and long catchplate (1). The pin is intact. The catchplate is a simple U-shaped catch that tapers toward the terminal knob, which is spherical with a pointed ridge around the circumference. NOTES: 1. Compare H. Donder, Die Fibeln, Katalog der Sammlung antiker Kleinkunst des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg 3.2 (Mainz, 1994) 35 and 39-40, no. 20, pl. 4; and B. Giuliani, “Le fibule orientalizzanti e archaiche: Alcune forme della koinè adriatica,” in Il Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche 3: I bronzi della collezione Gorga, ed. M. G. Benedettini (Rome, 2012) 127-55, esp. 140, no. 428, pl. 24. 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), M61, p. 170-71 [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
