Late Roman/Early Byzantine Terracotta Sculpture of a Stylized Human, 300 CE - 600 CE
Terracotta
5.1 x 10.8 cm
2 x 4 1/4 in
2 x 4 1/4 in
P.0368
Though sculpted in a naive style, barely nodding in the direction of the classical busts from which it derives, this lively terracotta nonetheless evokes an ancient life. We feel in...
Though sculpted in a naive style, barely nodding in the direction of the classical busts from which it derives, this lively terracotta nonetheless evokes an ancient life. We feel in its presence that age-old human desire to leave some mark on the world, to say: "I was here." We would never mistake it for a recognizable portrait, yet something in its wide stare recalls that long-forgotten individual to our imaginations.
Literature
V1, V4