Small Phrygian gold fibula
€1,900
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Object number
AR3391
| Object: |
Small Phrygian gold fibula
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| Material: |
Gold.
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| Period: |
Circa 8th cent. BC to 7th cent. BC. Iron Age. |
| Description: |
Richly decorated Phrygian miniature fibula made of gold sheet and gold wire. The semi-circular bow widens biconically in the middle. Its ends are decorated by riffles. The pin is wound around the brooch head. It has a bead integrated at the middle and is fastened by a catch plate shaped like a human hand.
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| Background: |
The Phrygians were an Iron Age people who settled in central Anatolia, in the heart of present-day Turkey, after the great upheavals at the end of the Bronze Age. At the time this fibula was made, their empire was at its height. Kings ruled large parts of Asia Minor from the heartland of Phrygia. Among them was the legendary King Midas, who was a historical person in the late 8th century BC. The Phrygian brooches are characteristic for the artistic craftsmanship of this people. They spread down to the Levant coast and are today the perfect tangible object for illustration in private and public collections.
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| Dimensions: |
19mm wide including pin, 13mm height.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. A wunderful miniature piece of art.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 on the German art market. Previously in the German private collection of H. I. Acquired into that collection in the early 1980ies or before.
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| References: |
Similar O. W. Muscarella, Phrygian Fibulae from Gordion, type XII. Similar R. Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, p. 283, pl. 142, no. 1372. Similar Caner, Fibeln in Anatolien I, nos. 593, 1051. Also pl. 70, no. 1200 D. The depiction there is from RGZM Mainz acc. no. 38909 (a find from Antalya), described further on pp. 182. Similar Pedde, Vorderasiatische Fibeln, pl. 58, group D1.2, no. 807. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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