Antefix
MS1820
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1820 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 400 BCE to 300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Female Head |
| Description | Female head; matches male type MS 1821. From a shell antefix, the shell broken off except for a small section on right. The back includes part of the beginning of a cover tile. Top broken away at level of bottom of missing diadem. Hair parted in middle, waved back from forehead, falling in locks beside cheek. On right is part of the frame of the head, rounded in section; and a little of the tendril decoration in relief of the shell. Bottom edge partly preserved. Red in background on shell. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Depth | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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