Tarantine
Circular Gilt Disc with Gorgoneion (funerary)

CultureGreek (Corinthian)
Titles
  • Circular Gilt Disc with Gorgoneion (funerary)
Date400–368 BC
Mediumgold leaf on terracotta
Dimensionsdiameter × width: 1 1/8 × 3/16 inches

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.46
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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