Fibula with an Enamel Bust

7th century (Early Medieval)

4.7 cm 5 cm 1.1 cm

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Only a few such fibulae set with a central enamel have been excavated from Langobardic sites. Pearls were likely strung on wire through the loops surrounding the enamel, and pendants would have dangled from the three loops at the bottom. The craftsman who made this delicate p...

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[From Comacchio (?)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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