Lot Essay
For the type see nos. 109 & 119, TAV. XXIX-XXX in Pensabene and Di Mino, Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Terracotte, III, 1, Antefisse.
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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX WITH THE HEAD OF A YOUNG SATYR
CIRCA MID 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX WITH THE HEAD OF A YOUNG SATYR
Circa Mid 3rd-Early 2nd Century B.C.
The youthful figure with ridged brow and thickly-lidded small eyes, the lips full, his short pointed ears emerging from his wild wavy hair, some tresses falling to his shoulders, a fillet in his hair of ivy and berries with grapes descending below his ears, a cloak tied around his neck, a strut at the nape of the neck joining the back of the head to the arch of the antefix
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm) high
Circa Mid 3rd-Early 2nd Century B.C.
The youthful figure with ridged brow and thickly-lidded small eyes, the lips full, his short pointed ears emerging from his wild wavy hair, some tresses falling to his shoulders, a fillet in his hair of ivy and berries with grapes descending below his ears, a cloak tied around his neck, a strut at the nape of the neck joining the back of the head to the arch of the antefix
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm) high
Provenance
Galerie Nina Borowski, Paris, 1989