Roman Figurine: Figure (Actor)

Inv. No.: 75.005
Height: 152mm

The figure is an actor, sitting cross-legged on a bench, his chin resting on his right hand. A cloak is thrown over his left shoulder. He wears a comic mask (mask 22 of Webster's series), representing the Leading Slave of New Comedy. The second smaller mask resting on the bench beside him is also of the comic slave variety. The clay is light brown.

Bibliography:
M. Bieber, The History of Greek and Roman Theater (OUP, London, 1961), fig. 547 - Terracotta actor with a second mask beside him. * Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Rheinland Verlag, Dusseldorf, 2te Auflage 1971) - Several terracotta actors, esp. Pl. 56.