7322, Caere(?)

Record number: 7322
Site: Caere(?)
Position: Eaves
Roof element: Antefixes, heads
Comparanda: Andrén 1940, Type I:4a variant; Louvre Cp 5180
Remarks: Female head antefix. D hair on top 5.5. Ears undeliniated either by moulding or paint. Dilute white paint on black hair in wavy lines. Behind hair on cover tile, band, W 1.7-2.3, unpainted, behind which white slip, W 3.6, unpainted band, W 1.6, then white again. Eyes roughly modelled with long, narrow almond shape appearing hand-worked. Th plaque at neck 2. Back of head deeply hollowed, somewhat roughly. On face, eight striations from finger or tool smoothing surface.
Bibliography: Winter 2009a, p. 427, 6.C.1.b
Publication record: Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.
Type of decoration: Female head
Current Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum: 81.AD.119
Mouldmade: yes & no
Height: 17.1
Width: 14
MPD: 14.6
Clay: 2.5YR 4/8 (fresh break), 2.5YR 4/6 (old break)
Paint: Cream slip on face, neck, bottom edge 10YR 8/3. Black hair, eyebrows, eyelids.
Width nose bottom: 2.1
Width mouth: 2.8

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