Remarks: Female head antefix. Preserving part of base, head, and right side of floral shell. Paint well-preserved. Slightly hollowed behind head. Scar from cover tile. No strut. All proveniences are unsubstantiated in Louvre, except for recent attributions to Tuscania.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 51, Type III:11, Pl. 18:57; Riis 1981, Caere type 15A
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Etruscan types of heads. Author: Riis, P.J.. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 1981
Type of decoration: Female head
Last Recorded Collection: Musée du Louvre
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 24.4
Width: 21.1
Clay: 10YR 6/4
Paint: Cream slip 10YR 7/3. Black hair, eyebrows, lids, pupil, outline of tongue pattern on diadem, necklace chain, decoration on chiton, inner line of flat framing band and dots on it, plus ^s near beginning of volutes, outline of volutes, bottom square of meander on base. Red-brown 2.5YR 4/4-4/6 central vertical band on diadem tongues, lips, necklace and chiton, ivy stem, top square of base meander.
