ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Miniature Actor's Mask of the Old Nurse
AAT Object Form/Functiontheatrical masks
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureGreek
PeriodHellenistic
Date2nd Century BCE
MediumTerracotta
Credit LineJoint gift to the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art from Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski
Dimensions2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Object number1988.034.015
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 1995ProvenanceEx coll. Gustave Mustaki (died 1965), Alexandria, Egypt. Exported to London, England, 1953. Thence by descent to Elsa McLellan (1923-2012), London, England. Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States, purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London, England.
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