Bronze cista (toiletries box)
This oval-shaped container has solid-cast feet, each of which terminates in a depiction of a comic theater mask, an unusual subject for cista feet. They may show the influence of Greek New Comedy playwrights such as Menander. A solid-cast figure of a nude woman doing a back-bend serves as the handle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze cista (toiletries box)
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 300–275 BCE
- Culture: Praenestine
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Gift of Courtland Field Bishop, 1922
- Object Number: 22.84.3a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Praenestine
ca. 325–300 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 350–300 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 325–275 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 350–325 BCE
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