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Southern Italian, Italy, Falerii

Woman's head plate, 340-300 BCE

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Southern Italian

Title

Woman's head plate

Year

340-300 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • clay

Techniques

  • terracotta

Dimensions

Height: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Painted on bottom of foot.

Place

Italy, Falerii

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of E. P. Warren

Object Number

27.188

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Sites

February 5 - March 16, 1985

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

This footed plate was created in the city of Falerii, just north of Rome. A woman is shown in profile, with billowing locks escaping her bun and a bold wave pattern framing her on the rim. The inscription on the base of the stem reads P. CENVCILIA, which is most likely the name of the woman who commissioned the plate, Poplia Genucilia. This style of vase painting is unique to the city of Falerii, and even to a group of similarly decorated pieces that have been dubbed “The Genucilia Group” after the inscription on this piece.

Weiss Ancient Art Gallery

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