Harvard Art Museums > 1985.136.B: Chain 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"Chain , 1985.136.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304325. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.136.B Title Chain Classification Jewelry Work Type jewelry Date n.d. Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World Culture Unidentified culture Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304325 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is a smooth grayish green with pits of light green corrosion. There are losses and deformations. The wire was probably made by casting square rod, which was then hammered out to form round wire. Lengths of wire were then shaped to form double links, which are perpendicular to each other. Carol Snow (submitted 2002) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Nagler Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.136.B 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 chain consists of five interlocked figure-eight links, with a single circular link on one end. It is not clear to which fibula this chain would have been attached, but fibulae worn in pairs linked with chains and other ornaments decorated with chains and pendants were used over a long period of time (1). NOTES: 1. For Iron Age examples, see P. von Eles Masi, Le fibule dell’Italia settentrionale, Prähistorische Bronzefunde 14.5 (Munich, 1986) 47-48, nos. 397B, 401, and 404-406, pls. 24-27. For a Roman example, see R. Hattatt, Brooches of Antiquity: A Third Selection of Brooches from the Author’s Collection (Oxford, 1987) 132 and 134, no. 958. For a modern figure-eight chain, see the Portable Antiquity Scheme, inv. no. LON-6B1542 < https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/77473, accessed 18 Nov 2015>. Lisa M. Anderson 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
