Grotesque old woman

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Greek?; Roman?

Dimensions

height: 6.7 cm; width: 5 cm; depth: 3.8 cm

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)?; Roman Imperial Period?

Material

clay

Iconography

aged woman ; chiton ; mantle ; actor?; comedy mask?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.438

ID

Hyp-6734

Condition

Fragmentary upper part of a statuette. Arms below the shoulders and the lower part below the stomach missing.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 81, no. E 58; Süvegh, in DissArch 3.2 (2014), 146–147, 151–152, fig. 7.2

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.