1992.256.22: Miniature Head of a Silenus
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.256.22
- Title
- Miniature Head of a Silenus
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- head, sculpture
- Date
- c. 400 -300 BCE
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289132
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 2.3 cm (1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.256.22
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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This mold-made head was perhaps a decoration for a vase, perhaps applied at the base of vertical handle.
It depicts a finely molded head of bald silenus with projecting egg shaped forehead, tiny, deeply-set eyes, a snub nose and mustache framing a small pierced mouth. The long beard in rendered in globular relief locks. A pair of symmetrically opposed curled curving locks adorns the bottom of the beard. Mold made solid with smooth back and a horizontal groove across the base.
Verification Level
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