BILDER

ornament, miniature, figure

Föremål

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Upphovsman: <presImageByline>Kaneberg, Ove
Upphovsrätt: <presImageCopyright> Statens museer för världskultur
Licens: <mediaLicense> Licens
Typ <itemType> Objekt/föremål
Datering <presTimeLabel> Orientalising-Archaic (Etruscan)
Plats <presPlaceLabel> Europa, Italien
Description <itemDescription>
  • The sphinx is recumbent and wingless, with hair tresses descending to the back. It is made of right and left halves of embossed gold sheet, with a tail made of a plain wire curved along the back and coiled into a spiral, partly wrought into the form of a spool-wire. The figurine was attached, perhaps, to the sheath of a big fibula, by means of four small gold strips which were inserted into apposi... Visa hela
Inventory number <itemDescription>
Acquisition <itemDescription>
  • From the collection of Carl Kempe, 1990.
Comments <itemDescription>
  • Earlier inv.nr. CK 324.
    Miniature figures of sphinxes, lions, chimeras and birds were regulary placed in rows on Etruscan fibulae of the seventh century BC.

Condition <itemDescription>
  • Slightly buckled at the back.
Dimensions <itemDescription>
Period, Swedish <itemDescription>
  • Orientaliserande-arkaisk (Etruskisk)
Period, Swedish <itemDescription>
Utställning / ingår i <itemDescription>
Exhibition / Previously <itemDescription>
Exhibition / Previously <itemDescription>
Country / Findspot <itemDescription>
Exhibition, Part of / Previously <itemDescription>
  • Guldrummet - Showcase 11:03.
Geographic name, alternative <itemDescription>
Händelse <context>
  • Insamlad av Kempe, Carl.
  • Brukad Orientalising-Archaic (Etruscan).
  • Funnen i Italien, Europa.
Material, engelska<itemMaterial>
Metal
Gold
Nyckelord <itemKeyWord>
  • Orientalising-Archaic (Etruscan)
Mått <itemMeasurement>
  • Height / Höjd: 1,7 cm.
  • Length / Längd: 1,9 cm.
  • Width / Bredd: 0,6 cm.
Object<itemName>
ornament
miniature
figure
Ämne <subject>
  • Kulturhistoria
Inventory number <itemNumber>
Rättigheter för metadata <itemLicense> Licens
Källa <presOrganization> Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Källa <url>

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