Urn Cover

MS1836

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1836
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Date Made 4th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Woman | Chest | Snake
Description

Woman holding chest with snake on lid. Figure of a woman, probaably intended for a portrait. She has long loose hair and her eyes are closed. She holds in both hands a covered box with a handle in the shape of a snake, the emblem of the healing Aesculapius. Possibly a votive offering after a severe spell of sickness. Possible forgery; certainly not ancient.

Height 16.95 cm
Length 41.91 cm
Width 20 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 935 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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