An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins Provenance: Private east coast collection

Provenance: Private east coast collection

but it also comes with a distinguished exhibition history

The diety shown on them all in the role of "master/mistress of animals" was of considerable eminence and power in the local pantheon

tweezers were often cast into elaborate forms such as shells

they served as powerful symbols of wealth

An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins Provenance: Private east coast collectionIn the form of a half sized head of a man with black curls along the forehead and fine, pointed features. The delicately outlined almond shaped eyes with dark pupils, high arched brows, high cheekbones, pointed nose, the full lips set in an archaic smile. During the Archaic period, the workshops at Caere (modern Cerveteri) in southern Etruria produced a large number of architectural terracottas (friezes, covering plaques, acroteria, and antefixes)