South Italy, Campania / 400–200 BCE
Fibula (Pin)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Fibula (Pin) as jewelry (South Italy, Campania · 400–200 BCE).
This fibula’s elaborate surface includes soldered gold wire and granulated spheres.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this jewelry as gold.
The museum's collection notes: 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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