Terracotta stemmed plate

Unknown

ca. 625–600 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

These two plates (grouped with separable object, 23.130.11), elegantly incised with variations of a lotus and palmette frieze, are the only certain examples in the Museum's collection made by an Italic people called the Capenates. This small ethnic group, speaking a dialect related to Sabine, lived in a region of Central Italy between the Etruscans and the Faliscans. Their major city, Capena, was conquered by the Romans in 395 B.C.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 625–600 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Capenate

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1923