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CIVILIZATION | Roman |
PERIOD | Central Italy |
DATE | Central Italy, 7th-6th Century B.C. |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
MOUNTED | Yes |
Also known as a Spiral Brooch, of green patina, double concave roundels formed from a single wire and coiled into two opposing spirals. The pin and catch-plate preserved at the back. Mounted
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy.
Japanese Private Collection, 1970s.
English Art Market, 1991.
Cassani, The Art of the Italic Peoples, no. 188, for a similar example.
Harvard Art Museum, accession no. 1952.15, for a parallel.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 37.11.18, for a parallel.
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CATEGORY | Roman |
PERIOD | Central Italy |
DATE | Central Italy, 7th-6th Century B.C. |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
MOUNTED | Yes |