Eagle Fibula

6th-early 7th century (Early Medieval)

4.8 cm 10.9 cm 1.4 cm

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Impressive Visigothic "fibulae" (pins) such as this one shaped as a stylized eagle looking skyward were worn in pairs at the shoulders. The "fibula" is studded with garnets and other semiprecious stones separated by thin gold filaments forming compartments (a technique known a...

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2724
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Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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