Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays

late 4th century BCE
Not on view
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in August 2025. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.
The Homeric sea monster Scylla raises her right hand and holds a ship’s rudder in her left. Similar terracotta plaques, which are sometimes gilt, are known to have been used to decorate funerary klinai (couches) placed in Hellenistic tombs. Funerary klinai decorated with reliefs of ivory, gold, and glass have also been discovered in the fourth century B.C. tombs of the Macedonian kings at Vergina.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays
  • Period: Hellenistic
  • Date: late 4th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, South Italian
  • Medium: Terracotta, glass
  • Dimensions: length 5 11/16in. (14.5cm)
  • Classification: Terracottas
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Sandra Brue Gift, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.210.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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