Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask
Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask
Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask
Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask

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Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask,

ca. 200–150 BCE

South Italian, Campanian
y1987-69

Information

Title
Fragment of a lamp-filler in the form of a comic actor's mask
Dates

ca. 200–150 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
9.5 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1987-69
Place Made

Europe, Campania, Southern Italy

Culture
Greek
Period
Campanian
Type
ceramics, vessels (containers), fragments
Materials
ceramic
Subject
actors, lamps (lighting devices), comedy, masks (costume), heads

Purchased from Michael Ward, Inc., New York, NY, in 1987.

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