Antefix
MS1822
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1822 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 400 BCE to 300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Male Head |
| Description | Male head; from a shell antefix, most of the shell missing. Bottom edge preserved. Frontal face. Mustache, the ends curving down beside lips. Curly hair and curly beard. An undulating lock of hair at each side. Edge of veil (?) frames face. Red on neck and some on background at right. Back plain, hollow in area of face, with a complete buttress and part of the cover tile. |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Width | 25.4 cm |
| Depth | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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