MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS OR DIANA, 8 cm height, inv.no. 1102/R

MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS OR DIANA, 8 cm height, inv.no. 1102/R

Damaged in the chin area. Head of a young woman with wavy hair collected into typical hairstyle in the form of a knot of krobylos type (krobylos) on the top of her head. Rest of the hair is tied with a ribbon at the nape of her neck into a low bun.  Oval shape with very carefully almond-shaped eyes, proper nose and full lips gives impression of gentleness and tenderness. Characteristic hairstyle of krobylos type implies that this is one of the two goddesses – Venus or Diana, but insufficiency of other attributes does not allow making safe selection of one of them. Although the goddess’s facial expression is dreamy like and gentle, certain stylistic features, such as hairstyling and certain un-skillfulness in treatment of details point to the second half of the 3rd century as probable date of the statuette origin.

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