Satyr's Head

1st century BCE-1st century CE H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Citation Source image

Carved in high relief is a wreathed satyr's head is profile to the left, his neck and wreath extending beyond the circular back. The appliqué, originally a circular medallion but now damaged at the sides, ornamented the lower end of a fulcrum. The undecorated back surface has...

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Private collection, Paris, prior to 1910; Dr. B. and M.C. Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1910, p 34. no. 340, pl. XXVI; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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