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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.529
Title
Statuette of Squatting Silenus
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
4th-1st century BCE
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290447

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; red clay, white slip; buff incrustation
Dimensions
H. 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.529
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Squatting Silenus with ass's ears, seated, playing a pipe. Hellenistic?

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 35, no. 303

Verification Level

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