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"Spille" Brooch
"Spille" Brooch

"Spille" Brooch

Giovanni Corvaja (Italian, born in 1971)
1999
Medium/TechniquePlatinum (990) and gold (24kt)
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Yoshiko Yamamoto in honor of Yvonne J. Markowitz
Accession number2014.2061
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Provenance2000, sold by Charon Kransen Art, New York, NY to Yoshiko Yamamoto, Boston, MA; 2014, gift of Yamamoto to the MFA. (Accession date: December 10, 2014)
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