Terracotta – Head of one of the Dioscuri or Attis

Greece or Southern Italy, late 3rd/early 2nd century BCE

Light ochre-coloured ceramic clay, moulded. A terracotta head of one of the Dioscuri or Attis, wearing a high (Phrygian?) cap. Fragment. Hellenist type.

H: 11.2 cm

UMP 8607

Purchased from antique dealer Karel Chaura in Prague in 1928.