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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1947.33.5
Title
Knob
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
tool/equipment
Date
7th-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Argolis, Heraion (Argolis)?
Period
Archaic period to Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy and iron
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
1.2 x 2.4 cm (1/2 x 15/16 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The patina features raised dark green corrosion products with light green in recessed areas. Gray burial accretions and iron corrosion products are present in many areas. The object is probably mineralized to a significant depth and appears never to have been cleaned.

The object was probably cast from a model made directly in wax. The model could also have been created by pressing the wax into a simple form in order to obtain the exterior shape.


Henry Lie (submitted 2012)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary H. Buckingham, (by 1947), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mary H. Buckingham
Accession Year
1947
Object Number
1947.33.5
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 circular disc has a dome-like prominence in its center, approximately 1.4 cm in diameter, surrounded by a flattened ring (1). The underside is concave and filled with encrustations.

NOTES:

1. Compare H. F. de Cou, “The Bronzes of the Argive Heraeum,” in The Argive Heraeum 2, ed. C. Waldstein (Boston, 1905) 191-332, esp. 287-88, nos. 2046-47, pl. 119.


Lisa M. Anderson

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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