ANTEFIX IN THE FORM OF A WOMAN'S HEAD Cerveteri, Etruscan, early 5th century B.C.

ANTEFIX IN THE FORM OF A WOMAN'S HEAD

Cerveteri, Etruscan, early 5th century B.C.
Terracotta with polychrome paint. Face of a woman with a distinctive diadem, wavy hairline, and an earring in her left ear. The reverse, witj the base of a roof tile. Mounted on a later plinth.
H without plinth 19 cm.
Fragment. The nose and chin chipped. Losses to the paintwork.

Provenance:
- Hans Tollmann Collection, Cologne, ca. 1960–70 (according to Gorny & Mosch).
- Gorny & Mosch Auction, Munich, June 16, 2004, Lot 14.
- Royal-Athena Galleries, New York/London, January 2005.
- Collection of Dr. Ulrich Wisler, Biel-Benken.
- By descent into a Swiss private collection.

Literature:
Eisenberg/Williamson Price: Art of the Ancient World. Catalog of the Royal Athena Galleries, New York/London 2005, Vol. XVI, No. 60, with illustration.