5259, Orvieto

Record number: 5259
Site: Orvieto
Roof element: Pedimental sculpture
Remarks: Fragment of pedimental sculpture preserving fragment of head, Hollow. Beautifully hand-sculpted. H hairline-beard tip 16.5. Forehead strands coifed around round headband, from which fall corkscrew locks. Hair at back pulled up and tucked into headband. Corkscrew curls behind ears and in front.
Bibliography: Girardon 1992; EAA 2º suppl., vol. 2, fig. 659
Publication record: Una testa fittile da altorilievo nel British Museum
Type of decoration: Bearded head
Current Collection: British Museum: 1950 7-6 1
Mouldmade: no
Height: 19.7
Width: 16.3
Clay: 7.5YR 6/6
Paint: Face brown with red paint 7.5YR 4/4, 10R 3/4 lips. Beard and hair dark brown overpainted red 2.5YR 3/2. Red dot on headband.
Condition: Missing crown and face's left side. Broken at neck.

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