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NM Ant 0323 :: architectural terracotta

Object description: Mould-made relief plaque. Pierced. Decoration in recessed area consisting of a frieze zone with bucrania that has festoons hanging from tip of each horn creating a panelled pattern. In the space between the festoons a large naturalistically rendered flower. Frieze completed at the top by egg-and dart pattern. Coarse, pink fabric with many large inclusions and grits.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0323

Serie nummer

3687

Object

architectural terracotta

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Italien

Place - Findspot

Rome

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Exhibitions

Exhibited in Medelhavsmuseet 2005, together with NM Ant 0324, NM s.n. 0040 and donated marble fragment from Erechteion.

Context

Architectural

Acquisition

Purchased by the National Museum at auction of the estate of Captain B. Cronstrand.

Description

Mould-made relief plaque. Pierced. Decoration in recessed area consisting of a frieze zone with bucrania that has festoons hanging from tip of each horn creating a panelled pattern. In the space between the festoons a large naturalistically rendered flower. Frieze completed at the top by egg-and dart pattern. Coarse, pink fabric with many large inclusions and grits.

Period