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Comic Actor in the Role of a Kitchen Slave

Comic Actor in the Role of a Kitchen Slave

SculptureGreek4th-3rd century BCE

Comic Actor in the Role of a Kitchen Slave

second half 4th-first half 3rd century BCE or modern

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm (3 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Anonymous gift. Purchased from Christie’s (London) 7 Nov. 2001, lot 296; previously offered at Christie’s (London) 25 April 2001, lot. 233. Owned in 1967 by N. A. C. Embiricos, who acquired it 29 April 1961 from Ars Antiqua, Luzern, Auction 3, no. 61 where it was said to be from the collection of Prof. Bruno Meissner (Berlin-Zeuthen).

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