Antefix

Classical World, Etruria, ca. early 5th century CE. A stunning large face of a horned anthropomorphic creature, representing the river deity Achelous (Acheloos), with a bearded face, and piercing gaze

A Greek terracotta antefix of Pan Taranto, circa 4th Century B.C. The head moulded with curved horns, wavy hair and pointed ears, the face with furrowed brow and high-arched eyebrows, 16cm high Footn

Ancient Greece, ca. 540 BCE. Published on the front cover of Charles Ede Ltd Antiquities Catalogue 168 (a copy of which is included with this piece) with the following descriptions,"Greek circular ant

**Originally Listed At $3500** Classical World, Italy, Etruria, Latium, ca. 480 BCE. A mold-formed terracotta antefix head of a female, perhaps a goddess. The well-rendered face features a protruding

Ancient Greece, ca. 540 BCE. A mold-made earthenware antefix depicting the head of a Gorgon - a frightening beast-like female creature seen as early as the days of Homer that continued to be used as a

A fantastic Greek ceramic antefix, c. 3rd – 2nd Century BC, depicting a woman wearing a winged headdress. Her features are wonderfully detailed and she wears earrings, two curled volutes to either s

Roman pottery sea-encrusted antefix. 100 AD - 200 AD A fine Roman terracotta antefix (roof tile). The front features the face of a Roman youth in high relief. Above is large a multi-frond palmette. At

A Hellenistic terracotta antefix depicting a goddess, Tarentum, c. 4th Century BC, her bust frontally facing with lovely features and flowing hair, her topknot bound by a diadem. She wears disc earrin

Etruscan fragmentary polychrome terracotta antefix; in the form of a female head, her features painted in cream, black and red; flanked at her right by a remaining section of a diadem with scrolled de

Kalabrien, Crotone, 4./3.Jh. v. Chr. Rötlicher gebrannter Ton, leicht versintert. Darstellung eines lachenden Satyrs mit weit aufgerissenen Augen. H 20, L 27 cm.

Classical World, Etruria, central Italy, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. A fascinating architectural antefix, made from a coarse, red terracotta, and painted with bright colors to form a face. Pale, with heavy bl

Etruria, Northern Italy, ca. 6th century BCE. A wonderful pottery relief - perhaps belonging to an antefix - depicting the head of a gorgon, wreathed with snakes, her mouth agape with its tongue stick

A beautiful Roman terracotta antefix fragment depicting the head of Silenus, c, 1st - 2nd Century AD, nicely detailed with wild hair and furrowed brows. A very attractive piece with much eye appeal! 5

Antefix Phrygisch-Griechisch, 6.Jh. v.C. Terracotta mit roter und schwarzer Bemalung. Halbkreisform mit reliefierter Palmette umrahmt von Strich- und Mäanderbordüre. Dieser Stirnziegel stammt vermut

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, ca. 4th century BCE. A mold-made earthenware antefix depicting a Gorgoneion or the head of a Gorgon - a frightening beast-like female creature seen as early as th

A lovely Roman terracotta antefix depicting Eros, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD, his youthful head with rounded features and long curly hair, the head sits amidst acanthus leaves and was part of a larger de

A nice Etruscan terracotta antefix fragment in the form a human face, c. 4th – 3rd Century BC, with the majority of the original paint. The eyes are well rendered and nose pointy. An attractive and

With the winged head of Mercury, acanthus leaf rising behind and pine cones on either side above two scrolling elements. With traces of old red pigment and white gesso-like material. Untested but like

Ancient terracotta head fragment from antefix mask. Terra cotta pottery with traces of painted details. Poor condition with plexi glass base. Fragment measures 4 1/2" x 5". In house USA continental sh

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, 1368 to 1644 CE. A grey ceramic antefix, with a decorated face covered in Chinese characters. Used as part of the architecture of a temple. Si

A remarkable piece of Seljuk architectural history, a terracotta antefix dating from the 11th to 12th century AD. The artifact measures 14 cm in height, 8 cm in width, and 1.5 cm in thickness (approxi

The object in question is a terracotta architectural antefix measuring 7x3.5x1 cm or 2.76x1.38x0.39 inches, dating back to the Seljuk Empire of the 11th-12th centuries AD. Contrary to initial assumpti

Classical World, northern Italy, Etruria, ca. 2nd century BCE. Two near-identical, mold-made ceramic antefixes, each with a depiction of the head of the god Turms, the Etruscan form of Mercury (Hermes

Two antique terracotta architectural antefixes. Capstones. Condition as shown in photos with wear, rubs, and chips. Please see photos for a better idea of the condition. Darker larger antefixes measur