Architectural Frieze Fragment

Title: Architectural Frieze Fragment
Inventory Number: A0169
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -25
To Date: 100
Description: Terracotta slab w richly-modeled nude male torso, probably Apollo or Dionysus, w three tendrils of wavy hair falling over each shoulder, r arm held closer to body than l. Coated w white slip w hair painted red and background blue.
State of Preservation: All edges broken; figure broken off at waist, at mid-forearm at l, at elbow on r; head broken off diagonally neck, w higher portion pres at l. Slip and paint badly worn, white incrustation on back; small spots of orange incrustation, ?rust, on neck and in navel.
Height: 12.15 cm
Width: 10.26 cm
Color: Clay body ca 10R 5/3 (weak red); slip 2.5Y 8/4 (pale yellow); blue bright & not on scale; red 7.5R 4/4 (weak red); incrustation 10YR 8/2 (white).
Notes: Slide Coll; Campana relief
Type: architecture
Material: fired clay