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Terracotta fragmentary gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)

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Terracotta fragmentary gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)

Period:
Archaic
Date:
ca. 540 B.C.
Culture:
Greek
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)
Classification:
Terracottas
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1910
Accession Number:
10.210.46

This artwork is not on display

  • Description

    This fragment is of the same type as 39.11.9 in this case and has been restored accordingly. The antefix is decorated with a gorgon's head.

  • Provenance

    Said to be from Tarentum (Taranto)

  • References

    E. Douglas Van Buren, Archaic Fictile Revetments in Sicily and Magna Graecia (1923), pp. 140-141, pl. XIV, fig. 57 (Tarentum).

    Handbook of the Classical Collection 91917). p. 71.

    Alexander, Christine. 1940. "Two Greek Terracottas." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 35(5): p. 108.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. Handbook of the Greek Collection (1953), p. 30, note 14, pl. 19g.

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