Description:

Italy, Etruscan culture, ca. 500 to 264 BCE. A hollow, mold-made ceramic figure of a reclining woman at a banquet. The figure shows her sitting on a couch with one arm draped over her legs; she leans against the single arm of the couch with the elbow of her other arm, the picture of relaxation. She wears a long article of clothing and a veil, and has long hair that hangs down in locks over her shoulders. She holds a horn-like drinking vessel close to her chest. The banquet was one of the most frequently-depicted activities in Classical art: a pan-Mediterranean tradition of opulent eating and drinking alongside music, dance, poetry, and conversation. We know that this piece dates to later in the Etruscan period because in the early part of the period, banquet scenes show Etruscans seated rather than reclining. The banquet also had some associations with the dead, with tomb art often showing people posed to eat and drink. This figure was probably made to be placed into a tomb. Size: 2.45" L x 7.25" W x 6.3" H (6.2 cm x 18.4 cm x 16 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000

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#122298

  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces with some areas of restoration/overpainting. Light encrustation.

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