CIRCA 500 B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA RAM'S HEAD ACROTERIUM
CIRCA 500 B.C.
The naturalistic head with large reticulated spiral horns, small pointed ears and deep set eyes, with wrinkled muzzle, traces of cream slip decoration
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high

Exhibited

Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, no. 341.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 110; and I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, p. 262, no. 341.

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