Grotesque female head with a coif

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Dimensions

height: 4.3 cm; width: 3.15 cm; depth: 4.2 cm

Material

clay

Iconography

aged woman ; kekryphalos ; actor?; comedy mask?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.423

ID

Hyp-3245

Condition

The head has been broken off of a statuette. Damage to the tip of the tongue and the right side of the upper lip.

References

Hekler, in Művészet 14/1 (1915), fig. 4; Szilágyi–Szabó 1974, 65, fig. 45; Oroszlán 1930, 85, no. E 119 (fig.); Szilágyi–Castiglione 1955, pl. XXII, fig. 1; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1957, pl. XXII, fig. 1; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1961, pl. XVII, fig. 1; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1965, pl. XVII, fig. 1; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 69, fig. 47; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 77, fig. 47; Hajdu–Süvegh, HWA 2013 Summer, fig. 4; Hajdu–Süvegh, in Ókor 12/2 (2013), 69, fig. 4

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