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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A BYZANTINE SILVER FIBULA AND FOUR APPLIQUÉS
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
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A BYZANTINE SILVER FIBULA AND FOUR APPLIQUÉS
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The fibula cast in the form of a bird, perhaps a pheasant, with a long fan tail, details of the plumage incised, the hinged pin and catch-plate projecting from the underside; the appliqués each in the form of a duck, perhaps once joined to the foot of a fibula
Fibula: 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) long (5)
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The fibula cast in the form of a bird, perhaps a pheasant, with a long fan tail, details of the plumage incised, the hinged pin and catch-plate projecting from the underside; the appliqués each in the form of a duck, perhaps once joined to the foot of a fibula
Fibula: 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) long (5)
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, nos. 122-125 (appliqués) and no. 126 (fibula).