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Votive in the shape of a dove
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
late 3rd–2nd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 9.5 x 24.1 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.363
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionDove.
Tip of left wing, point of beak, and legs missing. Burial accretions with root marks all over.
Tip of left wing, point of beak, and legs missing. Burial accretions with root marks all over.
ProvenanceDecember 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari on the “Vignaccia” property of Francesco Rosati near Cerveteri, Italy, and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 -d. 1929), Rome [see note 1]; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [see note 2]. (Accession date: May 1, 1888)
NOTES:
[1] As part of a votive deposit containing a few thousand objects, mostly terracottas, including anatomical votives, heads and busts wearing elaborate jewelry, animals, and a few singular finds (see L. Borsari, in Notizie degli scavi di antichità (1886), pp. 38-39, and American Journal of Archaeology 2.2 (1886), p. 218). Twelve objects from this deposit were eventually sold to the MFA (88.353-88.364). For a discussion of the discovery and MFA objects, see H. Nagy, in Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 88.345-88.530.
NOTES:
[1] As part of a votive deposit containing a few thousand objects, mostly terracottas, including anatomical votives, heads and busts wearing elaborate jewelry, animals, and a few singular finds (see L. Borsari, in Notizie degli scavi di antichità (1886), pp. 38-39, and American Journal of Archaeology 2.2 (1886), p. 218). Twelve objects from this deposit were eventually sold to the MFA (88.353-88.364). For a discussion of the discovery and MFA objects, see H. Nagy, in Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 88.345-88.530.