CAMPANIAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK TERRACOTTA RELIEF PANEL
CAMPANIAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
12 1⁄2 in. (31.7 cm.) high

Provenance

with Vitelleschi, Rome.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1954.

Literature

H. Herdejürgen, 'Tarentinische Terrakotten der Sammlung Schwitter,' in Antike Kunst 16, 1973, p.105, no. 95, pl. 23.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This relief panel is decorated with a female bust between two diminutive winged erotes kneeling on the shoulders and supporting her earrings, surmounted by a branch of ivy. The shape is inspired by Tarentine antefixes of this period, but the fabric of the clay and the brown slip used to coat the front of the panel are found in Campanian production of this period. According to H. Herdejürgen it is possible that this type of panel was used to mark burials.

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