Mask of Dionysos

Classification

mask

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 25.6 cm

Date

ca. 425–400 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Iconography

god ; Dionysos ; floral wreath ; ribbon

Production place

Boeotia

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.74

ID

Hyp-6831

Condition

Upper part broken into several pieces, mended, small piece missing on the left. Surface damaged and burnt.

References

Oroszlán, in MagyMűv 6 (1930), 86–87, fig.; Oroszlán 1930, 44, no. B 22; Oroszlán, in ArchÉrt 50 (1937), 66, no. 6. fig. 30; Szilágyi–Szabó 1974, 47, fig. 28; Schmaltz 1974, 129, 672. lábjegyzet; Szilágyi, J. Gy. 1979, fig. 13; Szabó, M., in BullMusHong 56–57 (1981), 18–30, 202–208, fig. 7–8; Szilágyi J. Gy. 1988a, 36, fig. 30; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 53, fig. 32; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 59, fig. 32

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