Remarks: FEMALE HEAD ANTEFIX. NO SHELL. PAINT WELL-PRESERVED. NOSE RESTORED. SCALLOPED EDGE OF HAIR OVER FOREHEAD. TOP OF COVER TILE SLIGHTLY SLOPED AND PAINTED RED-BROWN 6 CM BEHIND FRONT EDGE. HEAD HOLLOWED BEHIND. ALL PROVENIENCES ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED IN LOUVRE, EXCEPT FOR RECENT ATTRIBUTIONS TO TUSCANIA.
Bibliography: ANDRÉN 1940, PP. 500-501, NO. I:13, PL. 157:529; WINTER 2009A, PP. 349-350, 5.C.3.D
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.. Author: Winter, N.A.. Journal and volume number: MAAR Suppl. 9. Place of publication: Ann Arbor. Publication Date: 2009
Type of decoration: FEMALE HEAD
Last Recorded Collection: Musée du Louvre
Mouldmade: YES
Height: 15.4
Width: 14.7
MPD: 11.5
Clay: 5YR 5/6
Paint: SURFACE SLIP BROWN 10YR 6/4. BRICK RED ON DIADEM, POSSIBLY WITH PAINTED TONGUE OUTLINED WITH DARKER RED, VEIL WITH 2 STRIPES AT BORDER BETWEEN WHICH RED AND BLACK DOTS, HAIR, LARGE DISK EARRINGS (WITH DARKER RED DIVISIONS AND BLACK DOTS), OUTLINE OF EAR 10R 4/6. DARKER RED LIPS 10R 4/3. BLACK: BASE (AND TOP) OF DIADEM, DOT ROSETTES ON VEIL AND ALTERNATING DOTS ON EDGES, EYEBROWS, LIDS, AND PUPILS, DOTS ON EARRINGS.
Condition: BROKEN ACROSS TOP (CHIPPED) AND ON ALL SIDES AT BACK (COVER TILE) AND BELOW CHIN.
