Bronze cista (toiletries box). Culture: Praenestine. Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm). Date: ca. 300-275 B.C..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. A solid-cast figure of a nude woman doing a back-bend serves as the handle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Name: Bronze cista (toiletries box). Culture: Praenestine. Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm). Date: ca. 300-275 B.C..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. A solid-cast figure of a nude woman doing a back-bend serves as the handle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. - SuperStock
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Bronze cista (toiletries box). Culture: Praenestine. Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm). Date: ca. 300-275 B.C..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. A solid-cast figure of a nude woman doing a back-bend serves as the handle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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