Terracotta antefix (roof tile) with head of a maenad, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Etruscan, Cerveteri, Terracotta, 19 1/2 x 20 1/2in. (49.5 x 52.1cm), Terracottas, On temple roofs, maenad antefixes often alternate with satyr-head antefixes. Here, the maenad wears an elaborate diadem and very large grape-cluster earrings, a type of jewelry especially popular in the fifth and fourth centuries B
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Terracotta antefix, roof tile, head, maenad, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C, Etruscan, Cerveteri, Terracotta, 19 1/2 x 20 1/2in, 49.5 52.1cm, Terracottas, temple, roofs, maenad antefixes, alternate, satyr-head wears, elaborate diadem, large grape-cluster, earrings, type, jewelry, popular, fifth, fourth centuries, B
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