Antefix
MS1825
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1825 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 299-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | Section of shell preserved on right side. Bottom edge not preserved. Undulating tendril pattern in relief on shell. Back plain, with complete buttress. Frontal face. Diadem with rosettes (?) in relief. Hair parted in middle, waved back from forehead and falling in locks beside cheek. molded frame around face, rounded in section. No trace of color at present. |
| Height | 24 cm |
| Width | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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