Figurine

Museum number:
8-2556
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IIG18 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; male, female couple with child between them enthroned on high back throne with projecting footstand; male bearded with diadem, wears only ankle length lower garment; female wears double diadem, earrings, torque? her right arm around man;s shoulder, folds of chiton seen above waist; holds bird to child, man, patera; abraded, chipped, flat back, round vent; Height: 7.32 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Vignaccia temple
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lazzari
Collection date:
1885
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1971-1972 #41 [DEFUNCT]: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (dates unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2556, described as Terracotta; male, female couple with child between them enthroned on high back throne with projecting footstand; male bearded with diadem, wears only ankle length lower garment; female wears double diadem, earrings, torque? her right arm around man;s shoulder, folds of chiton seen above waist; holds bird to child, man, patera; abraded, chipped, flat back, round vent; Height: 7.32 cm.

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