Sculpture

MS1759

From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1759
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Period Hellenistic Period | Early Roman
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Mask
Description

Mask. Only face and forward part of head modelled. Male head, beardless. Thick wreath following line from ears to forehead with large flowers at intervals; a broad fillet suspended from it on forehead, the ends falling down side of cheeks. The stump of one horn preserved above forehead. Two holes for suspension on top of head. Traces of white paint covered by red. Tip of nose and large part of back of head restored.

Height 11.5 cm
Length 15.5 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 916 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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