Remarks: Antefix with Silen head surrounded by floral shell of 7-leaf palmettes & lotuses in relief.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 56-57, No. IV:5; Turfa 2005, p. 258, no. 290, fig. 290 (dated later 4th cent. B.C.)
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Author: Turfa, J.M.. Place of publication: Philadelphia. Publication Date: 2005
Associated elements: Female head antefixes MS 1802, 1803, 1826
Type of decoration: Silen head in floral shell
Last Recorded Collection: University Museum
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 47.5
Width: 46.3
Paint: Red skin 7.5R 4/6, light red ground 10R 4/6, blue on calyxes, hair, ivy leaves, berries 5BG 6/1
Height head: 25.1
Distance outer eyes: 11.9
Width mouth: 8.4
Type shell: Floral
Width shell: 15.8
Height antefix base: 4.5
Width antefix base: 24
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