5618, Orvieto, Belvedere

Record number: 5618
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Remarks: Silen head antefix with floral shell frame. W circumscribing palmettes with volutes 8.8. H scroll 3.3, W double scrolls 8.2. Several examples of type,2nd example photographed.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 180, no. II:34, Pl. 68:222
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
Type of decoration: Silen head
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Civico
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 28.2R
Width: 30.4
Paint: Red below scrolls, lotuses, skin, palmettes leaves, outer rounded volute band and eye. Black outer edges, W 1.8, ground behind palmette.
Height head: 15.5
Height face: 13
Distance outer eyes: 5.5
Width nose bottom: 2
Width mouth: 2.4
Type shell: Floral
Width shell: 9
Width antefix base: 19.8

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