Lot Essay
For the type see pls. LXVI-LXVIII in Pensabene and Sanzi Di Mino, Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Terrecotte, III/1.
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THE PROPERTY OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of a palmette springing from a frontal head of Medusa, flanked by scrolling, the gorgoneion with a round face framed by rows of scalloped hair, her wide almond-shaped eyes thickly lidded, her fleshy lips drawn into a grimacing smile
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of a palmette springing from a frontal head of Medusa, flanked by scrolling, the gorgoneion with a round face framed by rows of scalloped hair, her wide almond-shaped eyes thickly lidded, her fleshy lips drawn into a grimacing smile
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 December 1995, lot 197.
with Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, 1999.
with Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, 1999.