Roman Terracotta fragment of a "Campana" relief with Attis and Cybele, Circa 1st century BC
Conservation: Good condition
Material: Terracotta
Dimensions: 13,5 x 13 cm
Provenance: Collection of the Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1938) / J. Bagot Archaeological Gallery, Barcelona, 2015
Documents: Termoluminiscence test (TL)
Exhibited: Ifergan Collection, Málaga (2018-2020)
Published: “Ignacio Zuloaga. A collection of classical archaeology An antiquities collection”. J. Bagot-Ancient Art Gallery, Barcelona, 2013.
Price:
3000€
This relief fragment probably belonged to a larger funerary relief. Two figures are depicted: a woman wearing a himation with her hair tied back, accompanied by a child (Attis) wearing a Phrygian cap on her head.
The woman depicted is the goddess Cybele, considered to be the Mother Goddess and riding in a chariot drawn by lions, part of which is possibly depicted on the missing fragment. Cybele had a son named Atis, whom she abandoned but when she met him she fell in love with him.
