Terracotta vase in the form of a sleeping Black African youth
Unknown
ca. 3rd–2nd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
The sleeping boy's nakedness and exhausted state suggest that he is a servant. Vases of this shape probably held perfumed oils.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 3rd–2nd century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
