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For a group of reliefs with similar masks see figs. 562-564 & 578 in Bieber, The History of the Greek and Roman Theatre.
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
circa 2nd century a.d.
Preserving a theatre mask of a grimacing Silenus facing left, with deeply drilled ringlets for his beard, a bald pate and pointed ears, with a heavy brow and wrinkled forehead, the beards from the other masks above and to the left; the back side preserving part of a sea monster within a wave pattern
4 in. (12.1 cm) high
circa 2nd century a.d.
Preserving a theatre mask of a grimacing Silenus facing left, with deeply drilled ringlets for his beard, a bald pate and pointed ears, with a heavy brow and wrinkled forehead, the beards from the other masks above and to the left; the back side preserving part of a sea monster within a wave pattern
4 in. (12.1 cm) high