Remarks: FULL-FIGURE ANTEFIX OF PERSIAN ARTEMIS/POTNIA THERON. FRAGMENT PRESERVES CENTRAL TORSO. FINISHED SIDE EDGES. RED CHITON, MANTLE ON SIDES. BELOW CHITON SMOOTH, DOUBLE CURVED SURFACE, BELOW 3 ROWS OF FEATHERS. BELOW, AT CENTER, MORE OF RED CHITON WITH CENTRAL PLEAT AND FOLDS TO SIDES. STRUT SCAR.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, P. 402, NO. II:1, PL. 123:432; HELBIG4 III, P. 748, NO. 2851
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: PERSIAN ARTEMIS/POTNIA THERON
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 32
Width: 24.7
MPD: 7.5
Clay: 7.5YR 5/4
Paint: WHITE SLIP OVER WHICH PAINT 10YR 8/2. RED CHITON 7.5R 4/6 (WITH WHITE EDGE AND WHITE CENTRAL HORIZONTAL STRIPE). MANTLE ON SIDES: WHITE WITH PURPLE WIDE BAND, (W 2.1) 5R 3/3 AND WHITE EDGE, ZIGZAG FOLDS. BELOW CHITON, SMOOTH DOUBLE-CURVED SURFACE PAINTED GOLD 10YR 7/6. BELOW, 3 ROWS OF FEATHERS: TOP TURQUOISE, CENTRAL GOLD WITH RED INNER EDGE, BOTTOM GREEN WITH BLACK INNER EDGE 5G 5/1. BACK: WHITE SLIP.
