Fibula with crouching lion

unknown600-500 BC

Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

The exquisite brooch is decorated with a lion recumbent on a bed of flowers. The details are enhanced with very fine granulation; the lion and flowers are worked in repoussé.

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Details

Title: Fibula with crouching lion
Creator: unknown
Date: 600-500 BC
Location: Italy
Physical Dimensions: h2.4 x d2.3 cm
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. H.D. Warren
Type: brooch
Rights: Royal Ontario Museum
Medium: Gold, repousse and granulation
Time period: Etruscan
Length: 9.05
Accession Number: 918.3.96

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