An Etruscan terracotta antefix
Circa 500 B.C.
In the form of a female head, modelled with central parted wavy hair beneath a diadem, wearing disc earrings, with traces of black pigment on the hair and pupils and red remaining on the lips, with hollow arched back, 8in (20.5cm) high
Circa 500 B.C.
In the form of a female head, modelled with central parted wavy hair beneath a diadem, wearing disc earrings, with traces of black pigment on the hair and pupils and red remaining on the lips, with hollow arched back, 8in (20.5cm) high
Sold for
£2,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner in London and the Home Counties between the 1960s and 1980.
Literature:
For a more elaborate antefix of a maenad, from Villa Giulia, Rome, cf. R Bloch, Etruscan Art, London, 1966, fig.43, p.42.
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