Remarks: Seated, bearded figure. Wide-brimmed hat with pointed top. Large head with very large bulbous eyes, missing nose, thick lips, parted by finger line. Long, rectangular beard; narrow shoulders but thick and powerful. On back rectangular thick section of hair. Handmade, hollow.
Bibliography: Cristofani 1975; Bianchi Bandinelli 1973, p. 236, figs. 1-4; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, pp. 92-93, pl. 55; Case e palazzi d'Etruria 1985, p. 103, 3.258; Edlund-Berry 1992, I.1.1; Edlund-Berry 1993; Winter 2009a, pp. 196-198, 3.E.1.a, figs. 3.29-3.30, Ill. 3.8.1
Publication record: Case e palazzi d'Etruria. Author: Stopponi, S. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985 Considerazioni su Poggio Civitate (Murlo, Siena). Author: Cristofani, M.. Journal and volume number: Prospettiva 1. Publication Date: 1975. Pages: 9-17 Qualche osservazione sulle statue acroteriali di Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Bianchi Bandinelli, R.. Journal and volume number: DialArch 6. Publication Date: 1973. Pages: 236-247 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 The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture. Author: Sprenger, M. & G. Bartoloni. Place of publication: New York. Publication Date: 1983 The Murlo cowboy: problems of reconstruction and interpretation. Author: Edlund-Berry, I.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles. Place of publication: Stockholm. Publication Date: 1993. Pages: 117-121 The seated and standing statue akroteria from Poggio Civitate (Murlo). Author: Edlund-Berry, I.. Journal and volume number: Archaeologica 96. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1992
Type of decoration: Seated, bearded figure wearing wide-brimmed hat
Last Recorded Collection: Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate
Mouldmade: no
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