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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