Comic actor: old woman

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 8 cm

Date

375–350 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Iconography

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

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.311

ID

Hyp-6788

Condition

Broken across the waist, mended. Otherwise intact.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 85, no. E 116; Oroszlán in JbMBK 9 (1937–39), 220, no. 2, fig. 2; Green, in BICS 27 (1980), 124, pl. 6 b

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.