LARGE TERRACOTTA LID OF CINERARY URN

LARGE TERRACOTTA LID OF CINERARY URN

Recumbent child leaning on rectangular cushion, holding patera umbilicata in his right hand; draped around his lower body. Set on large rectangular plinth, small, square vent hole on top of head. Pale, orange-beige clay with traces of red paint.

Ex priv. Swiss coll., acq. from Galeria Serodine 2001, Switserland. Small piece missing from drapery, tiny chip from patera, otherwise intact.
Dim. 28 x 40 x 22,5 cm.


Probably from Chiusi, 2nd cent. BC


Cf. H.A.G. Brijder et alt., Kleur! Bij Grieken en Etrusken, Amsterdam 2005, p. 182, no. 293; L.B. van der Meer, De Etrusken, Den Haag 1977, pp. 62-3