Description
ANTÉFIXE À TÊTE DE MÉNADE
Antefixe with a common beige terracotta head of a maid, depicted smiling, almond-shaped eyes, nimbed with radiating gadroons and with a heart-shaped headdress falling to the shoulders in a volute. Rectangular base. Italy, Etruscan culture, 6th-5th century B.C. Height: 39 cm-Width: 33 cm (Traces of polychromy, visible missing parts, broken and glued back together) A thermoluminescence test carried out in March 2023 confirms the dating of this antefix between -700 and -100 B.C. [Ref. QED2311/FC-0101].
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