Remarks: SILEN HEAD ANTEFIX WITH FLORAL SHELL FRAME. FINISHED SIDE EDGE AT LOWER LEFT SIDE. BACK HOLLOWED, DEEPLY AND SMOOTHLY, BEHIND HEAD . SHELL DEEPLY CURVED. SCAR FROM COVER TILE NEAR BOTTOM, THICK, SOMEWHAT SQUARED. SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN COLLECTION VIRGI 1947-1968, THEN LONDON ART MARKET 1982. LISTED IN "ACQUISITIONS 1983" OF GETTY MUSEUM JOURNAL 12 (1984), P. 255.
Type of decoration: SILEN HEAD WEARING WREATH
Last Recorded Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 33
Width: 29
MPD: 8.9
Clay: 10YR 7/2
Paint: RED SKIN, INNER GROUND BETWEEN FLOWERS AND ROLL, NECK, LOWER SQUARES ON BASE, ALTERNATING LOTUS LEAVES, PALMETTE HEART 7.5R 4/6. BLACK OUTER GROUND AROUND FLOWERS AND SHELL EDGE, BEARD, EYELIDS, BROWS, PUPIL, UPPER SQUARES ON BASE MEANDER. BLUE PALMETTE ARC, LOTUS CALYX, HORIZONTAL BAND TYING TENDRILS, WREATH 5BG 6/1. GOLD-BROWN MOUSTACHE(?) AND CENTRAL BEARD 7.5YR 6/6. CREAM ROUNDED BAND ENDING IN VOLUTES, PALMETTE LEAVES, ALTERNATING LOTUS LEAVES, BASE GROUND(?).
