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Greek, South Italian
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Campania
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
23.4 x 18.9 cm (9 3/16 x 7 7/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.234 H. 0.189 L. of base
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7997
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
DescriptionConventionalized flower in the center of which is a gorgoneion. Traces of red on back-ground; green at the base of the leaves of flower; hair and eyes black; the rest of the decoration blue.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: from Rome); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901