Terracotta Statuette of a Grotesque Man with a Shield in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2023

Title: Terracotta statuette of a mime with a shield

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 2nd–1st century BCE

Culture: Greek

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (13.3 x 7 x 9.5 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Gift of Gordian Weber, 2000

Accession Number: 2000.305.2

Statue of an emaciated old man, with an oversized head and grotesque features. A shield is under is right arm, resting on his leg.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257521