Lot Essay
Dr. Herbert Cahn, op. cit., informs that this figure was found at Bertoli, near Cortona, in 1870, with a red-figured plate attributed to the Cerberus Painter.
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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE SATYR
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral round plinth, the left leg bent at the knee, the muscular satyr depicted nude and ithyphallic, his bent right arm akimbo, the left lowered, with a bald pate, his oval face framed by a long moustache and beard
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral round plinth, the left leg bent at the knee, the muscular satyr depicted nude and ithyphallic, his bent right arm akimbo, the left lowered, with a bald pate, his oval face framed by a long moustache and beard
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Pomerance Collection.
with Dr. Elie Borowski, 1989.
with Dr. Elie Borowski, 1989.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, Brooklyn, 1966, p. 108, no. 123.
Exhibited
Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, 14 June - 2 October 1966.