Gorgon antefix

Gorgon antefix
Gorgon antefix

Gorgon antefix

Datelate 6th century BCE
Mediumterracotta with traces of paint
Dimensionsoverall: 6 3/4 × 8 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (17.1 × 21.9 × 9.5 cm) 3/1/2019
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Robert M. Light and Donald Outerbridge
Object number1998.67.8
Subject(s)
  • mythology
  • heads and faces
Collection
  • Antiquity
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Greek
On View
Not on view
Collections
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Greek, South Italian
mid 5th century BCE
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4th century BCE
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4th century BCE
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Greek, South Italian
ca. 500 BCE
Red-figure bell krater (wine mixing vessel)
Greek, South Italian, Apulia
4th century BCE
Mirror
Greek, South Italian, Locri
late 5th-early 4th century BCE
Balarama
India
9th-10th Century
Vajrabhairava Embracing Consort
Tibet
late 17th century
Bull
Modern-day Pakistan
1000 BCE
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Greek, Attic
ca. 540-530 BCE
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