Sculpture
MS1759
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS1759 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
Period | Early Roman | Hellenistic Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Mask |
Description | Mask. Only face and forward part of head modelled. Male head, beardless. Thick wreath following line from ears to forehead with large flowers at intervals; a broad fillet suspended from it on forehead, the ends falling down side of cheeks. The stump of one horn preserved above forehead. Two holes for suspension on top of head. Traces of white paint covered by red. Tip of nose and large part of back of head restored. |
Height | 11.5 cm |
Length | 15.5 cm |
Width | 11.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
Other Number | 916 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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