Group of male figures on a flower emerging from a pair of shells
Group of male figures on a flower emerging from a pair of shells

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Group of male figures on a flower emerging from a pair of shells

Italic
y60

Information

Title
Group of male figures on a flower emerging from a pair of shells
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
9.5 x 8.4 x 3.8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y60
Period
Early Western World, Italic (ancient Italian)
Type
terracottas, ceramics
Materials
terracotta, slip
Subject
mythology, men, figures (representations), shell, wings, flowers (plants)

Purchased by the Museum from Geledakis, Paris in August 1923.

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