Comparanda: C. REUSSER, TESTIMONIANZE D'ARTE ETRUSCA IN COLLEZIONI PRIVATE TICINESI, 1986, P. 21, NO. 4.1
Remarks: HEAD IN ROUND WITH POINTED CAP (TUTULUS)/VEIL FROM TOP OF WHICH TUFT OF HAIR PROTRUDES FROM OPENING; FRONT OF TUTULUS RISES TO SQUARED "DIADEM" BELOW WHICH ARE 3 HORIZONTAL BANDS. BEHIND EARS, TUTULUS ENDS IN THICK ROUNDED EDGE, BELOW WHICH FLAT SECTION OF HAIR, WITH APPARENTLY 2 THIN LOCKS AT RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. HAIR ACROSS FACE HAS SCALLOPED EDGE.
Bibliography: LA GRANDE ROMA 1990, P. 142, NO. 6.1.2 WITH EARLIER BIBLIOGRAPHY; WINTER 2009A, PP. 381-382, 5.E.1.B, FIG. 5.37; CHRISTIANSEN & WINTER 2010, PP. 140-143, NO. 68; MURA SOMMELLA 2011; MURA SOMMELLA IN TETTI DI TERRACOTTA 2011, PP. 194-195, FIGS. 10-11
Publication record: Etruria I. Architectural terracottas and painted wall plaques, pinakes c. 625-200 BC.Catalogue, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Author: Christiansen, J. & N.A. Winter. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 2010 La dea col tutulo dal tempio arcaico del Foro Boario. Author: Mura Sommella, A.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles IV. Place of publication: Oxford. Publication Date: 2011. Pages: 177-187 La grande Roma dei Tarquini. Author: Cristofani, M. (ed.). Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1990 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009 Tetti di terracotta: La decorazione architettonica fittile tra Etruria e Lazio in età arcaica. Atti delle giornate di studio, Sapienza-Università di Roma, 25 marzo e 25 ottobre 2010. Journal and volume number: Officina Etruscologia 5. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2011 The Caprifico roof in its wider context. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: Il tempio arcaico di Caprifico di Torrecchia. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 2010. Pages: 113-122
Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD IN TUTULUS AND VEIL
