Remarks: Antefix with pendent 7-leaf palmette surrounded by strigil shell frame with cordoned diamond/lozenge at top center, recessed bottom border with painted guilloche.
Bibliography: Walters 1903, p. 170, B602; Koch 1912, p. 28, Pl. 5.2; Heurgon 1986, p. 171, fig. 1
Publication record: Catalog of terracottas in the British Museum. Author: Walters, H.B.. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1903 Dachterrakotten aus Campanien. Author: Koch, H.. Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1912 Les antefixes archaiques de Capoue. Author: Heurgon, J.. Journal and volume number: Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum. Place of publication: London. Publication Date: 1986. Pages: 171-175
Type of decoration: Pendent palmette
Last Recorded Collection: British Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 26.5
Width: 27
Paint: Brown slip. Purple-red decoration round strigils and central vertical band, diamond heart at top, diagonal bands on rounnded moulding, cordoned edges of palmette, volute eyes, ground below palmette, guilloche on recessed base. No black.
Height palmette: 15.5
Height antefix base: 3.8
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