The child wears an overgarment belted beneath the chest and falling in gentle folds about the top of the legs. The belt continues around to the back, which is slightly less carefully worked. A drooping neckline shows the upper chest. An undergarment extends to the knees. The chubby legs are joined at the ankles by a strut. The r. arm was raised, as can be seen by the position of the shoulder. The child sits in a much larger female I. hand.

The workmanship is very fine. Possible evidence of a drill can be seen between the larger fingers and in the drapery folds, but these are carefully worked over. The hand surfaces and the front of the child are highly smoothed.

The group may be compared with figures from Cyrene, a kourotrophos, and fragments thereof, which are dated to the Hellenistic period. The workmanship of the Sardis piece also suggests a Hellenistic date.