Genucilia Group, Sog. Caeretaner Teller, clay, quickly turned, painted (pottery), alternately fired, clay, Total: Height: 5.2 cm; Diameter: 13.6 cm, pottery, ornaments, meanders, Late Classicism (Greek antiquity), The distinctive shape of this small, handleless bowl is called Caeretaner Teller - after the important Etruscan site of Cerveteri in central Italy. Characteristic is the wave band running around the rim, a so-called running dog, and the female head shown in profile inside. The hair of the young woman is gathered in a jacket and held above the forehead by a tiara. As further jewelry she wears a long earring. Who the sitter is cannot be answered with certainty; it is possibly the Etruscan goddess Turan (gr. Aphrodite).

Genucilia Group, Sog. Caeretaner Teller, clay, quickly turned, painted (pottery), alternately fired, clay, Total: Height: 5.2 cm; Diameter: 13.6 cm, pottery, ornaments, meanders, Late Classicism (Greek antiquity), The distinctive shape of this small, handleless bowl is called Caeretaner Teller - after the important Etruscan site of Cerveteri in central Italy. Characteristic is the wave band running around the rim, a so-called running dog, and the female head shown in profile inside. The hair of the young woman is gathered in a jacket and held above the forehead by a tiara. As further jewelry she wears a long earring. Who the sitter is cannot be answered with certainty; it is possibly the Etruscan goddess Turan (gr. Aphrodite).

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