Geometric
Gold fibula (safety pin)
The bow-shaped fibula appeared in the Greek world about 1100 B.C., and although it is particularly associated with Greece and the Aegean area, its distribution was considerably broader. length 1 7/8in. (4.8cm)
Date
1050 - 750 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3198
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. XLI, 1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3198, fig. 3198, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 161, no. 34, 4, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 312, p. 192, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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