Comparanda: Other examples H 44.1-49.5, 2 from Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg, 2 from Philadelphia, Univ. Museum MS 1804, MS 1805, Paris Louvre fragment, 2 from New York, Metropolitan Museum GR 1041, GR 1042
Remarks: Silen head antefix with floral shell frame.
Bibliography: Helbig4 I, pp. 579-580, no. 782; Andrén 1940, pp. 56-57, no. IV:5, Pl. 20:65; Danzi et al. 2003, p. 132 and color pl. on p. 155
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Vaticano. Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. Author: Danzi, G., F. Buranelli & M. Sannibale. Place of publication: Vatican City. Publication Date: 2003
Associated elements: Counterpart to Maenad head antefix 13978
Type of decoration: Silen head
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Etrusco Gregoriano
Mouldmade: yes
Paint: Red ground behind floral relief, skin. Blue lotus and palmette hearts on floral relief.
