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Articulated figurine of Aphrodite with an elaborate headdress
Greek
Roman Imperial Period
late 1st century A.D. or later
Findspot: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina, estate of M.Aristide-Bey Baltazzi at Kalabassary
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.397
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 002.
DescriptionStatuette of a seated female figure, possibly Aphrodite. She is wearing a long, tight-fitting girdled chiton, buttoned on the shoulders; the short sleeves of the chiton, are also buttoned down the arms. On her head, she is wearing a circlet with a disk on the center, surmounted by a floral ornament. Behind that rises a structure, presumably a wig, with four layers of hair, laid one upon the other; in the center of this structure there is a necklace of pendants; she has her ears pierced and she is wearing bracelets and high-soled sandals (kothornoi). Her arms are attached to the body. She has a circular brooch between her breasts and wrinkles on her long neck. All of her features and especially facial characteristics are archaizing in type.
Reddish clay. Traces of pink and yellow. Headdress, body across thighs, right wrist, both feet mended.
Reddish clay. Traces of pink and yellow. Headdress, body across thighs, right wrist, both feet mended.
ProvenanceBefore 1887, found on the estate of Aristide Baltazzi Bey (b. 1830 - d. 1887), Kalabassary, south of Myrina, Turkey [see note 1]; 1887, sold by Baltazzi to Martin Brimmer (b. 1893 - d. 1947), Boston; 1887, gift of Brimmer to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession date: November 1, 1887)
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).