Bronze cista (toiletries box), Hellenistic, ca. 300–275 B.C., Praenestine, Bronze, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Bronzes, This oval-shaped container has solid-cast feet, each of which terminates in a depiction of a comic theater mask, an unusual subject for cista feet. They may show the influence of Greek New Comedy playwrights such as Menander
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Bronze cista, toiletries box, Hellenistic, ca, 300–275 B.C, Praenestine, Bronze, H, 11, 27.9 cm, Bronzes, oval-shaped, container, solid-cast feet, terminates, depiction, comic theater, mask, unusual subject, cista, influence, Greek New, Comedy, playwrights, Menander
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