ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Statuette of an Actor Dressed as a Bird
AAT Object Form/FunctionStatuettes (free-standing sculpture)
CultureGreek
PeriodHellenistic
Date1st Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineJoint gift to the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art from Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski
Dimensions7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Object number1988.034.010
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 1995MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 12, 2022 - Present
Published ReferencesGreek and Roman Terracotta Sculpture VIII (London: Charles Ede, 1985), number 18.
J.R. Green, "On Seeing and Depicting the Theatre in Classical Athens," Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 32 (1991): 23, n. 27.
ProvenanceEx coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States, purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London, England.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
2nd Century BCE
430-420 BCE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
4th Century BCE
4th Century BCE
4th Century BCE
4th-5th Century CE
ca. 3rd Century BCE
1st Century BCE
3rd Century BCE
2nd Century BCE
ca. 700-1000 CE
