ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA GORGONEION ANTEFIX

ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA GORGONEION ANTEFIX

Large fragment of a mould-made antefix of a bearded Gorgoneion, almond shaped eyes, snubby nose, tusks, large mouth with teeth and tongue sticking out, wavy beard and hair, traces of red and black paint; supported by rectangular base with meanders in red and black paint, cover tile stll present.

Ex priv. coll. J.S., Netherlands, acq. from Jacques Schulman BV, Antiekbeurs Delft, list 233 no. 28, 1986; before, coll. Vosmaer, Leiden, acq. before 1900 (acc. to Stoop, Babesch L,, p.18)
Dim. 20 x 20,6 cm. Part of sides and forehead broken off.

Late archaic period, late 6 th cent. BC

Publ. Catalogue Klassieke Kunst in Particulier Bezit, RMO Leiden 1975 no. 258, fig 149; M.W. Stoop, BABESCH 50, 1975 no.1, p. 18, figs 37-38
Cf. G. Colonna, Santuari d’Etruria, Arezzo 1985, 1985, p. 123, 6.2A6