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Arc of a fibula
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
4th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Fibulae
DescriptionLeaden gray talc. The end nearest the head of the fibula is decorated with a lion-skin in low relief; the rest of the surface with scrolls. From Etruria.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 236 (said to have been found in Etruria); 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.