Remarks: Full-figure antefix of Silen and maenad. Maenad to left, frontal in crimson chiton with apoptygma and folded drapery. Nude Silen to right, profile, grasping maenad's right breast.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, pp. 424-425, D742; Andrén 1940, p. 428, no. II:5
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum. Author: Walters, H.B.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1903
Associated elements: D738
Type of decoration: Silen & Maenad
Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 11
Width: 13.3
Clay: 10YR 8/2
Paint: Possible red in drapery folds.
Condition: Preserves fragment of maenad bosom with Silen hand on breast.