205, Bolsena

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Record number: 205
Site: Bolsena
Roof element: Revetment plaques, floral
Comparanda: StEtr 9 (1935) 100 Pl. XXVI.3
Remarks: FAKE? 3 plaques with 8 strigils/plaque, widely space with flat interstrices (W 1.9)/ convex roll/double anthemion of upright and pendent lotus & palmettes with scrolls in middle.
Bibliography: Breitenstein 1941, p. 82, No. 778, Pl. 95:1; Andrén 1940, p. 207, No. I:4; D. von Bothmer & Noble, An inquiry into the forgery of the Etruscan terracotta warriors, 1961, p. 15, rev. in Gnomon 35 (1963) 713 (Riis); D. Sox, Unmasking the Forger: the Dossen Deception, 1987, 102
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Danish National Museum. Catalogue of terracottas: Cypriote, Greek, Etrusco-Italian and Roman. Author: Breitenstein, N.. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 1941
Type of decoration: Strigils/roll/relief floral frieze
Last Recorded Collection: National Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 44.5
Width: 43.4
MPD: 7.3
Clay: 7.5YR 6/4
Condition: Complete
Depth top fascia: 7.3
Height strigil: 8.3
Width strigil: 3.4
Convex strigil: yes
Decoration main field: Relief floral frieze
Thickness plaque: 2.2-2.3
Thickness including relief: 2.9
Mouldmade decoration: yes
Height strigil: 8.3
Width strigil: 3.4
Convex: yes

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