This charming head, broken at the neck, is modeled from fine-grained pink terracotta; there are traces of brown paint in her hair. The young girl tilts her head slightly to the left: her youth is clear from the rounded forms of her face (her chin and cheeks). Her elegant features have been modeled with a great deal of finesse; her expression is sweet, but also a bit sad.

In Asia Minor, especially in Myrina (in the north of modern-day Izmir), close parallels to our young girl have been found; from a typological point of view, our head resembles those of Eros and Ariadne (Dionysos’ consort). However, the precise identification of this head remains unknown.

This piece is published in Phoenix Ancient Art 2005 no. 1 (p. 94, n. 73).Click here to purchase catalog

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