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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A COMIC ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF A KITCHEN SLAVE
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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A COMIC ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF A KITCHEN SLAVE

400-375 B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A COMIC ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF A KITCHEN SLAVE
400-375 B.C.
Wearing bearded mask with distinct arched brows, standing with legs apart, his outstretched arms with rivet holes in upturned hands (balanced vessels now missing), wearing a short chiton over a tightly wrapped undergarment with long sleeves and leggings, with a long phallus under his padded stomach, right foot and tip of left foot missing, mounted
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high

Acquired Ars Antiqua, Luzern, Auktion 3, 29 April 1961, p. 27, no. 61.

Specialist note

PUBLISHED:
D. G. Mitten and S. F. Doeringer, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1967, pp. 120-121, no. 119 A; and T. B. L. Webster, Monuments illustrating Old and Middle Comedy, 3rd ed. rev. by J. R. Green, London, 1978, p. 42, AB2c.