Lot Essay
For the type see no. 390, p. 102 in Bieber, The History of Greek and Roman Theater.
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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA THEATER MASK
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Depicting the leading slave character of New Comedy, wearing the traditional 5th century rolled coiffure known as speira, peaked at the center of the forehead and falling in corkscrew curls behind his ears, the eyebrows skewed over deeply-set bulging eyes, the pupils perforated, the rounded nose downturned, with a large megaphone-like mouth, preserving extensive pigment over white slip including blue for the hair and red for the skin, perforated twice along the edges for attachment
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Depicting the leading slave character of New Comedy, wearing the traditional 5th century rolled coiffure known as speira, peaked at the center of the forehead and falling in corkscrew curls behind his ears, the eyebrows skewed over deeply-set bulging eyes, the pupils perforated, the rounded nose downturned, with a large megaphone-like mouth, preserving extensive pigment over white slip including blue for the hair and red for the skin, perforated twice along the edges for attachment
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
with Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1970s.
German Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 18 October 2002, lot 311.
German Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 18 October 2002, lot 311.