An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins perhaps with the intention to

perhaps with the intention to hold back plagues

Provenance: Private east coast collection

communicating the wearer’s piety

but it also comes with a distinguished exhibition history

tweezers were often cast into elaborate forms such as shells

An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins perhaps with the intention toIn the form of a half sized head of a man with black curls along the forehead and fine, pointed features. The delicately outlined almond shaped eyes with dark pupils, high arched brows, high cheekbones, pointed nose, the full lips set in an archaic smile. During the Archaic period, the workshops at Caere (modern Cerveteri) in southern Etruria produced a large number of architectural terracottas (friezes, covering plaques, acroteria, and antefixes)