Remarks: Handmade, high relief plaque with figure of Nereid on sea-horse, moving to right. 6 nail holes (+ 1 scar) Diam 0.9. Horse neck hollow, torso & legs attached to plaque by screen of clay. Plaque above figures painted black. Layer of purified clay on surface of figures (Th up to 0.5). Vertical scar from arm & hand of Nereid on tail top & lump of clay on top of plaque (support for tail?)
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 119, No. III:1, Pl. 45:147; Helbig4 III, p. 725, No. 2818
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972
Type of decoration: Nereid on sea-horse moving to right
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 24.8
Width: 39
MPD: 13.3
Clay: 5YR 7/4-6/4
Paint: Purified clay 10YR 6/3, red 2.5YR 5/6 horse chest & bottom of fish tail, black band along bottom of sea-horse
