Architectural Frieze Fragment (?Modern Forgery)

Title: Architectural Frieze Fragment (?Modern Forgery)
Inventory Number: A0186
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -25
To Date: 25
Description: Slab of medium thickness w woman (?maenad) in relief facing l, standing on tiptoe & wearing peplos w long overfold reaching to hip; lower skirt of peplos pulled across leg to clump of folds held by left hand below buttock & falling along back of leg; fuller mass of folds in front of body, presumably held by missing r hand; folds articulated in archaistic version of late 5th c “wet drapery” tradition. Back flat.
State of Preservation: Very irregularly rectangular w original edge pres behind figure, other edges broken. Most of figure pres from just below waist, higher up on left arm; tips of toes chipped off. Considerable chipping of outer pres edge, sporadic chipping elsewhere. Slight incrustation.
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 10.03 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 7/2 (pinkish gray).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: wall decoration
Material: fired clay