A GREEK TERRACOTTA RELIEF PLAQUE, of a squatting satyr and a monkey, the satyr with drooping moustache and beard, shown naked with genitals and stomach protruding, and squatting with right hand on his knee, on his right is a squatting monkey which turns his head to look at the satyr, unmodelled at back, feet missing, circa 5th Century B.C.

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A GREEK TERRACOTTA RELIEF PLAQUE, of a squatting satyr and a monkey, the satyr with drooping moustache and beard, shown naked with genitals and stomach protruding, and squatting with right hand on his knee, on his right is a squatting monkey which turns his head to look at the satyr, unmodelled at back, feet missing, circa 5th Century B.C.
2¾in. (7cm.) high

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For similar subject, c.f., R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, no. 93, p. 57, pl. 18

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