Lot 296
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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
Provenance
Acquired Ars Antiqua, Luzern, Auktion 3, 29 April 1961, p. 27, no. 61.
Exhibited
Master Bronzes from the Classical World, The Fogg Art Museum, City Art Museum of Saint Louis and The Los Angeles County Museum, 1967-1968, no. 119A.
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Lot Essay

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.

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