TERRACOTTA MUSIC STATUETTE Rare and particular terracotta statue depicting a cymbal player, the man is portrayed naked, standing in contrast with the weight of the body resting on the left leg and the right leg bent, the musculature is outlined in relief, the anatomical details of the individual muscles are rendered with detail and mastery, the arms are open and bent in the act of striking the two instruments together, in the right hand he holds a plate or a cymbal, wears a mustache and a long beard, the hair has thick locks carefully detailed and are tight in a ribbon, resting on a molded circular base. Communication to the Archaeological Superintendence of Bologna Cod RPS 1/2013 TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A CYMBALS PLAYER A terracotta statuette of a standing nude male figure bears the weight of his body on his left leg, the right bent, emphasizing the pose, which is characterized by a turn of the hip, his hands opened in the act of playing two cymbals. His hairs are parted into thin locks with a wreath around the head, long beard. His oval face has a small, fleshy mouth and a prominent nose, almond shaped eyes, arched eyebrows. The musculature is carefully delineated. The mold-cast terracotta Tanagra figurines, produced from the later fourth century BC, were a specialty of the Boeotian town of Tanagra in Greece where many of them were found for the first time in 1860, but they were also produced in other ancient center such as Canosa. The majority of this terracotta figurines depict fashionable women or girls, elegantly wrapped in thin himathia (cloaks), and sometimes wearing broad-brimmed hats and holding wreaths or fans. Previously, in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, terracotta statuettes had been produced in Athens primarily for religious purposes, or as souvenirs of the theater. In contrast, the entirely new repertoire of Tanagra terracottas was based on an intimate examination of the personal world of mortal women and children, occasionally young men, and other characters, who are believed to have had their origins in the New Comedy of Menander. Cod. 1/2013 Height approx. 34 cm Intact, white scialbatura, remains of brown polychrome on the head