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Appliqué for a funeral couch (Back)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Fragment in the form of a male head, one of a group of 359 fragments of relief figures, decorative friezes, and plain veneers representing bone appliques which were attached to the fulcra, frame, and legs of a funeral couch. See record 87.AI.101 for a complete description of the group.
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Details
- Title: Appliqué for a funeral couch (Back)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 150–50 B.C.
- Location Created: Central Italy/Etruria
- Type: Furniture
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Ivory
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 87.AI.101.121
- Culture: Etruscan or Italic
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Herbert L. Lucas
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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