Antefix with head of a satyr
Artist
Unknown
Datemid 5th century BCE
MediumTerracotta with pigment
Dimensions12 3/8 × 11 ¾ × 4 ¾ in. (31.4 × 29.8 × 12.1 cm); (base): 1 9/16 × 10 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 25.5 × 4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation
Object numberG.77.20.1
On View
On viewEdgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983),illus. (b-w) 48.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 20.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, “Classical World,” January 22, 1979-January 1980.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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