Caption

Vessel with a belly in the shape of a comic mask; unknown Greek workshop; plastic vessel; theatrical mask motif; Hellenistic period, 330–30 BC; Greece : vessel; height 10.6 cm, width 9 cm, depth 11.7 cm, weight 0.210 kg., A terracotta sculpted head with a flared neck rising from the top, rendered in a warm orange-brown clay color, sits against a smooth grey background. The face has exaggerated features with deep-set eye shapes, a broad flattened nose, pronounced cheek contours, and a wide open mouth showing sculpted lips and textured inner mouth. A textured band resembling hair or a headdress runs across the forehead with a few raised ridges and a small leaf-like protrusion at one side. The surface shows variations in the orange-brown tone with some lighter and slightly darker patches and a few small surface imperfections. The background is uniformly grey and smooth.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_032

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.0Mb (1.9Mb) / 10.8in x 10.8in / 3237 x 3237 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vessel belly shape comic mask unknown Greek workshop plastic vessel theatrical mask motif Hellenistic period 330–30 Bc Greece vessel height 10.6 cm width 9 cm depth 11.7 cm weight 0.210 kg terracotta sculpted head flared neck rising top rendered warm orange-brown clay color sits smooth grey background face exaggerated features deep-set eye shapes broad flattened nose pronounced cheek contours wide open mouth showing lips textured inner mouth textured band resembling hair headdress runs across forehead raised ridges small leaf- protrusion side surface variations orange-brown tone lighter slightly darker patches small surface imperfections background uniformly grey smooth.