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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A GREEK TERRACOTTA GROUP
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA GROUP
Hellenistic Period, Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Depicting Dionysus and a maenad, the maenad wearing a chiton with a long overfold, her bent right arm held out to the side, her hair pulled back into a chignon, a wreath of leaves framing her face, the god with his right arm draped over her shoulders, wearing an animal skin draped diagonally over his right shoulder and a mantle which he holds in his left hand, his left shoulder exposed, his long hair bound in a fillet, preserving traces of original pigment throughout
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm) high
Hellenistic Period, Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Depicting Dionysus and a maenad, the maenad wearing a chiton with a long overfold, her bent right arm held out to the side, her hair pulled back into a chignon, a wreath of leaves framing her face, the god with his right arm draped over her shoulders, wearing an animal skin draped diagonally over his right shoulder and a mantle which he holds in his left hand, his left shoulder exposed, his long hair bound in a fillet, preserving traces of original pigment throughout
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm) high