Middle Comedy Actor
400 BCE-375 BCE
Description
Figure on far left of image. Standing actor wearing a short tunic, traveling cloak, and conical pileus, weeping. Mask with pointed beard and narrow mouth. Head cocked right, he brings his right arm, along with his cloak, to right eye, as if drying a tear. In doing this, he lifts his clothes, revealing a prosthetic phallus. Would have been painted originally. Traces of white ground extant at front. Solid and sturdy. Mold-made in one single-sided mold. Rough, plain back. Red, grainy clay.
Dimensions
10.2 × 4.5 × 3 cm (4 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/16 in.)
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