Bust of Roman woman, Flavian hairstyle, Alabaster plaster

During the Flavian emperors (69-96 AD), upper-class Roman women wore increasingly striking hairstyles: high, layered curls toupees that were styled with needle and thread by a specially trained slave (ornatrix). This bust shows such a hairstyle in detail, from the 2nd century AD.An attractive decoration piece for lovers of Roman antiquity.