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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SATYR
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The muscular nude satyr standing with splayed feet, turning to his right, his exaggeratedly large right hand held palm-outwards, the left arm missing, with a full, rounded beard and beady eyes beneath modelled lids, his hair bound in a cloth, the flat integral base with pointed ends suggesting the figure was originally on the lid of a vessel
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The muscular nude satyr standing with splayed feet, turning to his right, his exaggeratedly large right hand held palm-outwards, the left arm missing, with a full, rounded beard and beady eyes beneath modelled lids, his hair bound in a cloth, the flat integral base with pointed ends suggesting the figure was originally on the lid of a vessel
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
Provenance
Royal-Athena Galleries, NY
Exhibited
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ in conjunction with the exhibition "The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization," March-June 1993.