Painted Shield
Painted Shield

Currently not on view

Painted Shield,

3rd century BCE

South Italian
y1929-158

Information

Title
Painted Shield
Dates

3rd century BCE

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
h. 6.6 cm, diam. 45.0 cm (2 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
y1929-158
Place Made

Europe, Centuripe, Sicily

Culture
South Italian
Period
Centuripe
Type
shields (armor), terracottas, ceramics
Materials
slip, terracotta
Subject
wave pattern, running ornament

Unknown provenance; possibly part of the Old Collection; with the Museum by at least 1929

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