Object Description
A finely crafted Greek terracotta statuette of a bearded man depicted standing on a rectangular base. The man, perhaps an actor, is dressed in a knee-length tunic with short sleeves, boots and wearing a plant crown. He holds a thyrsus in his right hand, a staff or spear decorated at the top with pine cones or vine leaves, which further identifies him as a Bacchus follower. Traces of the original polychromy (white and red pigments) remain. This statuette is a fine example of the common Boeotian type of the Greek Classical period.
Date: Circa 5th-4th century BC