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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX OF SILENUS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX OF SILENUS
Circa Early 5th Century B.C.
Depicted wearing a cloak over the back of his bald pate, revealing his high pointed ears, with three ridges in relief above his brow, his broad nose with flaring nostrils, his beard and mustache composed of knobby curls, with extensive pigment preserved, including red for his face, and black for his beard and mustache, painted rosettes and geometric designs at his chest, remnants of a strut on the reverse
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) high
Circa Early 5th Century B.C.
Depicted wearing a cloak over the back of his bald pate, revealing his high pointed ears, with three ridges in relief above his brow, his broad nose with flaring nostrils, his beard and mustache composed of knobby curls, with extensive pigment preserved, including red for his face, and black for his beard and mustache, painted rosettes and geometric designs at his chest, remnants of a strut on the reverse
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) high
Provenance
Galerie Nina Borowski, Paris, 1989