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Source Description
This extravagant fibula, likely used to fasten garments, is decorated with gold rosettes and vines. An enormous leech-shaped bow and pin form the body of the fibula. A band of rosettes adorns the center of the bow. Above the bow, a gold plaque is adorned with an eight-petaled flower and palmette filigree. A gold bead, perhaps representing a pomegranate, tops the plaque. The bead is crowned with oblong petals and sprouting leaves.
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Document identity
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125583
label
Fibula (Pin)
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object
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1
Source metadata
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125583
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object
title
Fibula (Pin)
description
This extravagant fibula, likely used to fasten garments, is decorated with gold rosettes and vines. An enormous leech-shaped bow and pin form the body of the fibula. A band of rosettes adorns the center of the bow. Above the bow, a gold plaque is adorned with an eight-petaled flower and palmette filigree. A gold bead, perhaps representing a pomegranate, tops the plaque. The bead is crowned with oblong petals and sprouting leaves.
date
400–200 BCE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60779311
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Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
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South Italy, Campania
accession
1947.504
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tec
gold
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Fibula (Pin), 400–200 BCE. South Italy, Campania. Gold; overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1947.504
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
This fibula’s elaborate surface includes soldered gold wire and granulated spheres.
citations
citation
Galerie Fischer. Griechische, etruskische und römische Altertümer: Vasen, Terrakotten, Bronzen (Ausgrabungen von Boscoreale), Silberfund, Gläser, Waffen, pompejanische Fresken, Schmuck, Mumienporträt, Goldmünzen; Marmorfiguren und Reliefs (Venus Anadyomene; Alexander-Schlactrelief usw.); römische Tische, Sarkophag und anderes antikes Kunstgewerbe. 1936.
page_number
Cat. No. 347
citation
The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page_number
N4861
citation
Neugass, Fritz. "Kostbarer Schmuck der Alexandreneschen Zeit," <em>Die Weltkunst </em>(January 15, 1966).
page_number
p. 46
citation
Milliken, William M. "Exhibition of Gold." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 34, no. 9 (1947).
page_number
p. 219
citation
Wunderlich, Silvia A. "A Gold Fibula." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 35, no. 6 (1948).
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pp. 104-106
citation
Milliken, William M. "The Art of the Goldsmith," <em>Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism </em>Vol. VI, No. 4 (June 1948).
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p. 313, fig. 2
citation
Wunderlich, Silvia. "A Gold Fibula," <em>The Art Quarterly </em>(Autumn 1948).
page_number
p. 370 & 373
citation
<em>Gems and Geology </em>(Summer 1949).
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Cover
citation
Hoffmann, Herbert, and Patricia F. Davidson. <em>Greek Gold; Jewelry from the Age of Alexander</em>. 1965.
page_number
p. 204, No. 80
citation
Kozloff, Arielle P. <em>Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 1989.
page_number
p. 14
citation
Pfrommer, Michael.<em> Untersuchungen zur Chronologie früh- und hochhellenistischen Goldschmucks</em>. Tübingen: E. Wasmuth, 1990.
page_number
p. 222, no. 1544, p. 424
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991
page_number
Reproduced: p. 10
citation
Bates, Kenneth Francis. <em>The Enamelist.</em> Middlebourne, WV: Wooden Porch Books, 1991.
page_number
p. 9, fig. 4
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:29:16.570000
sourceId
125583
dept
Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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gold
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1
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0
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photo
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