Part of an antefix

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 9672

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Architectural member

Period

Archaic Period

Date

540 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.16 m
Length: 0.115 m
Width: 0.07 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 5, Νο 2

Description
Bibliography

Part of an antefix made of attic red clay. It is decorated with a relief palmette and interlocking helixes ending in spirals with small palmettes. The helixes are highlighted with red paint and the leaves of the palmettes alternate red and terracotta colours.

Buschor, E., Die Tondacher der Akropolis, II, Leipzig, 1929-1933, σελ. 32-35, εικ. 44, αρ. κατ. Κ 236
Ανδρεάδη, Η., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ. (επιμ.), Πήλινες διακοσμημένες κεραμώσεις από την Αθηναϊκή Ακρόπολη, Κέντρο Μελετών Ακροπόλεως, Αθήνα, 1989, σελ. 15, εικ. 26, αρ. κατ. 26