Footed Plate of the Genucilia Group
Date: 340-300 BCE
Dimensions:
2 × 6 7/16 in. (5.1 × 16.4 cm)
Medium: Earthenware; red-figure technique.
Place of Origin: Ancient Etruscan or Faliscan
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Orion Fund
Object number: 2008.172
Label Text:The Genucilia Group is a class of Etruscan shallow plates on a low foot. The designation derives from the inscription on one of the plates of its owner’s name, Poplia Genucilia. The form was first made in the Faliscan city of Falerii (modern Civita Castellana, Italy) early in the fourth century, probably by an immigrant Athenian potter. The type was also made soon thereafter in Etruscan Caere (modern Cerveteri). The tondo (round painting) on this plate is painted in the red-figure technique with the head of a woman, probably the Latin goddess Proserpina, daughter of Ceres and wife of Pluto, god of the Underworld.
DescriptionPlate or shallow dish on low foot, painted in the red-figure technique with a profile head of a woman facing left
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