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| Type of Object: | Sculpture |
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| Materials: | Clay |
| Measurements: | 196 cm. in height |
| Date or Period: | 5th c. B.C. |
| Maker: | Italic |
| Designated List Section: | IIIA3 Ceramic Sculpture -- Large Statuary |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 01/23/2001 |
| Photograph: | Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici |
| Copyright: | Ministry of Culture |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Large-scale human and animal figure, life-size portrait heads, and life-size votive objects, including fragments of statues. These are often found in temples and sanctuaries in Magna Graecia, Etruria and Latium. Approximate date: 7th c. to 1st c. B.C. This example is an over-lifesize standing female statue representing the goddess Minerva wearing a helmet. On her chest is an aegis with the gorgon. She is armed with a sword and a decorated shield. Monumental terracotta statuary such as this had its greatest development in Etruria and Latium where marble was as yet unknown in the 6th to 4th c. B.C. | |
| Keywords: | |
| armor, ceramic, female figure, Italic, sculpture, statue, terracotta, |
