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Figure of an actor

CULTURE: Greek

PERIOD: Hellenistic, 3rd to 1st Century BC

MATERIAL: Terracotta

DIMENSIONS: Height 5.5 cm without stand

PROVENANCE: Private collection A. A., New York, USA. 1980's.

CONDITION:  In a good general state of preservation. The feet and the base of the figure are missing. 

DESCRIPTION:

A statuette modelled in terracotta of an actor with a grotesque mask.  He wears only a linen garment which covers his belly and arms while leaving his legs and genitals uncovered. His is looking fixedly downward. His features are exaggerated: he has a wide forehead, large eyes, chubby cheeks, a long, thick beard and a large, gaping mouth.

During the late 5th and following century, different types of terracotta examples appeared in various regions of Greece, representing theatrical characters such as the seated or the standing slave, the old man or woman, the nurse with her baby, Heracles, the young veiled woman, etc. These characters were standardized and belonged to different comedies of the ancient repertoire: the large group of Attic statuettes, now housed in New York, that constitutes one of the most important and rare direct connections with the Middle Comedy, certainly belongs to this series.


BIBLIOGRAPHY: 

- BIEBER M. The History of the Greek and Roman Theater. Princeton. 1961.
- HART, M. L. The Art of Ancient Greek Theater. The J. Paul Guetty Museum. Los Angeles. 2010.


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Notes: 

The piece includes authenticity certificate. 
The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested. This process could take between 1 and 2 months.  



Hellenistic, 3rd to 1st Century BC

Ancient Greek, Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of an actor. 5.5 cm H Nice! - (1)

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