MAG Collection - Comic Actor, Tanagra Type

323 BCE - 90 BCE
Hellenistic Period (323-90 BCE)
4 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (10.5 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm)

Greek artist
Greece

Object Type: Ceramics

Medium and Support: Terracotta

Credit Line: R. T. Miller Fund

Accession Number: 1951.187

Location: Currently on view

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Collection: Frederic Morgan Collection

Ancient Greek comic actors were usually characterized by masks, beards and protruding stomachs.

[Gallery label text, 2004]

Provenance

Frederic G. Morgan (1866-1920), Aurora, New York; purchased from his estate by the Gallery in 1951

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Greek

1000 BCE - 500 CE

ceramics

figures

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Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 17, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: April-May, 1952.
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.

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