History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 144
I < Q z u < TERRACOTTA ANTEFIXES 99 Ionic art ; though all of local manufacture, their style is purelyGreek, as is the case with many of the contemporary works inbronze found in Italy.^ Antefixes from Hellenic sites are not so common, nor dothey present the same variety of subject or richness… … FIG. 10. TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX FROM MAR.-\THOX (BRITISH MU.SEUM). as the most appropriate decorative motive for this form of tile.An example of this type in the British Museum (C 902 = Fig. 10),found on the field of Marathon, is inscribed with the nameAthenaios. Many later antefixes with remains of…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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