Comparanda: OTHER EXAMPLES IN ORVIETO MUSEUM AND FLORENCE.
Remarks: THICK FLAT PLAQUE OF RAKING SIMA (H 18, TH PLAQUE 4.5) SUPERIMPOSED WITH CURVING TAIL OF SEA-HORSE IN VERY HIGH RELIEF (H RELIEF 4), APPARENTLY A LATERAL ACROTERION. FINISHED RIGHT EDGE PAINTED RED WITH SQUARE ELEMENT ATTACHED AT MID-HEIGHT (MID-FORELEG). GROUND BEHIND FIGURE PAINTED BLACK OR PINK-BROWN. BLACK LINES ON FIGURE AND RED DOTS; EDGES AND FINS PAINTED RED. H SCAR FOR LEFT FORELEG 4.1, W 3. SCAR OF RIGHT FORELEG H 5, W 2.5 WITH OVAL OUTER CONTOUR. FINS PROJECTED ABOVE PLAQUE, AND ALSO HEAD. MISSING TAIL.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 192, NO. I:4; DIE WELT DER ETRUSKER 1988, P. 305, D4.1.14; GENS BUDAPEST 1989, P. 107, NO. 3.18; KÄSTNER 1997, P. 103, FIGS. 5B, 6
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988 Gens antiquissima Italiae. Antichità dall'Umbria a Budapest e Cracovia. Author: Roncalli, F. (ed.). Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1989 Ornamentik und figürliche Verzierungen an den Endstücken etruskischer Giebelsimen. Author: Kästner, V.. Journal and volume number: Deliciae Fictiles II. Place of publication: Amsterdam. Publication Date: 1997. Pages: 95-106
Type of decoration: HIPPOCAMP TO RIGHT
Last Recorded Collection: Antikensammlung
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 18.2
Width: 26.5
MPD: 8.4
Clay: 2.5Y 8/2
Paint: RED 10R 4/6. BLACK. LIGHT BROWN SURFACE OF FISH BODY 10YR 7/3. BLACK SWIRLS ON BODY AND BACKGROUND.
Condition: 1 FRAGMENT; BROKEN THROUGH LEFT SIDE OF PLAQUE.
