Pair of Arched Fibulae (725–675 BCE): Art, History and Details
Pair of Arched Fibulae at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 725–675 BCE, bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Pair of Arched Fibulae (725–675 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Although not Greek, the matched pair of bronze Phrygian fibulae (brooches) may well be from the west coast of Asia Minor, an area settled by Greek colonists. Greeks and Phrygians enjoyed close relations in the late 8th to early 7th century BC.
Object facts
- Title: Pair of Arched Fibulae
- Date: 725–675 BCE
- Culture: Anatolia, Phrygia
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: bronze
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Collection: Near Eastern Art
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession number: 1999.87
A detail from the museum
A fibula is an ancient safety pin.
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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