Start collecting
Female head, cut off just below chin. Hair in obilique rolls, and braid above earrings. Uniform whitish color, with traces of red. Handle has been broken off
Provenance
By 1888: with R. Lanciani (said to have been found near the banks of the Tiber, on the Trastevere side, opposite the Island of Aesculapius [Isola di s. Bartolomeo]); purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, January, 1889, for $493.92 (this figure is the total price of MFA 88.538–88.644 and 89.9–89.31)
Credit Line
Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation
Italic, Etruscan, Etrusco-Roman Period,
Dimensions
17.5 x 14.5 cm (6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.175 H. 0.145 W.
Accession Number
89.15
Medium or Technique
Terracotta