Gilded bronze fibula, Byzantium, 400 AD
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This gilded bronze “crossbow” fibula was made in Byzantium around 400 AD. Although in good overall condition, it has lost its third knob. Garside (1980:150, fig. 418) documents a similar but less sophisticated item (54.2263) at the Baltimore Walters Art Gallery as: “bronze crossbow fibula of the three-knobbed type, cast with formal pattern on the stem, and striations on the bow… the head is pierced with two holes flanking the central knob. The pin is missing. The type is well known from find sites in Pannonia (Hungary).” Bibliography (for this item)Clayton, Peter1986 Treasures of Ancient Rome. Gallery Books, New York, NY. ( 159, 161, fig. below) Garside, Anne 1980 Jewelry: Ancient to Modern. Viking Press, New York, NY. ( 150, fig.418) Tait, Hugh 1991 Jewelry: 7000 Years: An international History and Illustrated Survey from the Collections of the British Museum (republication of the 1987 edtion by H. N. Abrams). Abradale Press, New York, NY. ( 97, fig.219, 98) |
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