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Roman

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.155 L.
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.8000
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ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionShows a smiling mask and at the right remains of a scroll. Brown on background; red on scroll and on ornament passing over mask; lighter brown on hair of mask and white on flesh. A trace of blue on lower edge of fragment. S.L.558.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: from Rome); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901