Pursuing Authenticity in Counterfeits: Kerch-Produced Terracotta “Roman” Pastiche, Late 19th Century
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2025

The collections of many museums include various terracotta figurines and plastic vessels acquired in the second half of the 19th century by museums or private collectors from Kerch antique dealers, for example, E. R. Zaporozhskiy. These figurines were composed of fragments of authentic objects from different periods and supplemented with clay, plaster, and other materials to give them a solid, marketable form. Traditionally, in museums, they are considered fake and are not of interest to researc