Veii / votive figure - partial face / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1769
Object Name: votive figure - partial face
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Votive figurines
Materials: Ceramic
Length: ;
Width: 8.7-12.2;
Height: 13.5;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;294g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Broken off at half way down nose and at cheek bones; nose parted lips and round chin all plastically modeled; hollow actually is just a (mask) shell; traces of framing veil (or strand of hair) on lower left corner. Nose chipped along left side and tip; chipped along left side; lower right corner gone. Parallels for the peculiar modeling of the mouth - upper lip a curved addition not bowed in the center are hard to find.
Subjects: Lower face and neck
Verbatim Date: 2nd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Veii
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 26 - Health and Beauty
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Publication Title: Capua Preromana, Terrecotte Votive I
Publication Author: Jovino, Maria B
Publication Year: 0000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1769
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1769/dscn5611.jpg

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Full citation: "Veii; votive figure - partial face; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1769/dscn5611.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.