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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Roman architectural theatre mask, 1st-2nd century AD
Roman architectural theatre mask, 1st-2nd century AD
Marble
Height 21cm
7837
£ 9,800.00
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Tragic theatre mask of a woman, the mouth drilled through for a likely use as a water spout. She wears an onkos that towers over her forehead and from which...
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Tragic theatre mask of a woman, the mouth drilled through for a likely use as a water spout. She wears an onkos that towers over her forehead and from which twisted locks fall. The back is roughly worked to a point for insertion into a recess. Some minor chips and encrustation.

Provenance

Kenzo collection, Paris, France; acquired early 1980s

Literature

Compare M. Bieber, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater (Princeton, 1961), fig. 803
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