A GREEK TERRACOTTA RELIEF PANEL

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.