1920.44.232: Bud-Shaped Object
FragmentsIdentification 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. RiedererTechnical 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
- Permissions
-
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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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