Ape as actor

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture); Roman

Dimensions

height: 13 cm

Period

Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)

Material

clay

Iconography

monkey ; actor ; tragic mask ; chiton ; mantle

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Egypt?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.540

ID

Hyp-995

Condition

Right forearm and feet together with base broken off and lost. Surface worn.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 80, E 40; Oroszlán, in ArchÉrt 52 (1939), 97–99, fig. 92; Török 1995, 151–2, no. 228; Voegtle, in ACoSt 13 (2015), 18–21, fig. 9