An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins they served as powerful symbols

they served as powerful symbols of wealth

From the New Kingdom

certain standardized systems of shape and decoration were adhered to

Provenance: Private east coast collection

communicating the wearer’s piety

An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins they served as powerful symbolsIn 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)