Bidspirit auction | Etruscan terracotta antefix.

Etruscan terracotta antefix. - Etruscan terracotta antefix depicting the monster Typhon. About 490 - 470 BC. Bright red clay, H 60cm W 43cm. Perforated antefix with remnants of supports on the back. The antefix has the shape of an upright standing, male human-bodied monster with silen-like facial features and ears shaped like frog paws. The upper body is muscular, the arms are pressed against the sides. The legs transform into two entwined snakes, whose bearded heads are symmetrically turned outward. With TL-analysis and copy of the invoice! Reassembled with traces of the backward supports.