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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.232
Title
Bud-Shaped Object
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
fragment
Date
n.d.
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292160

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Leaded bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
2.4 x 1.1 cm (15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Leaded Bronze:
Cu, 82.21; Sn, 10.02; Pb, 7.56; Zn, 0.014; Fe, 0.12; Ni, 0.02; Ag, 0.06; Sb, less than 0.02; As, less than 0.10; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.005; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001

J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is pale green with some black, shiny metal on the tip and tan accretions on the flattened terminal. The object is sound. It was cast solid, and there is evidence of cold working for finishing after casting.


Carol Snow and Nina Vinogradskaya (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.232
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This small object is piriform, with a flattened circular end connected to the main body by a narrower cylinder. While previously described as a pendant, it does not have a clear method of suspension. It may have been broken off another object and is probably a decorative element (1).

NOTES:

1. Compare the top of 1965.86, a replica of an Etruscan stylus in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; the original stylus also has a finial of the same shape as 1920.44.232.


Lisa M. Anderson

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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