14A014
FIGURINE OF AN ACTOR
Hellenstic Greek, 4th-3rd century B.C.
Terracotta, Height: 12.6 cm.

The actor stands with his right foot forward, resting his right elbow on a low column draped in pink cloth. He wears the grotesque comic mask of a slave, colored with brown paint. His head, shoulders, and bulging belly are covered by a blue cloak. A pink under-garment is visible across his upper chest and below the cloak, where his phallus dangles prominently. Much original polychromy remains.

For other figurines of comic slaves, see M. Bieber, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater, figs. 402-407 and 410-413.

Catalogue XIV

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