Quatrefoil Fibula

9th-8th century BCE (Geometric)

12 cm 12 cm 2.2 cm

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The quadruple spiral has a long history in the jewelry of Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and the Near East from around 3000 BCE. This variant was developed in Sicily and is found in numerous 8th-century burials in South Italy.

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32088
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Private collection, Germany, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Fortuna Fine Arts Limited, New York, 1997; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by purchase.
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