Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays

Greek, South Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

The Homeric sea monster Scylla raises her right hand and holds a ship’s rudder in her left. Similar terracotta plaques, which are sometimes gilt, are known to have been used to decorate funerary klinai (couches) placed in Hellenistic tombs. Funerary klinai decorated with reliefs of ivory, gold, and glass have also been discovered in the fourth century B.C. tombs of the Macedonian kings at Vergina.

Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays, Terracotta, glass, Greek, South Italian

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Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays, Terracotta, glass, Greek, South Italian
Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays, Terracotta, glass, Greek, South Italian
Pair of terracotta plaques with glass inlays, Terracotta, glass, Greek, South Italian

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