CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE SILENUS CARRYING A GOAT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

In Roman sculpture satyrs were either shown together with Dionysos, or on their own taking part in various activities associated with the god and his revels. For a younger satyr carrying a goat cf. S. Schröder, Katalog der antiken Skulpturen des Museo del Prado in Madrid. 2004. p. 178, no. 130. For a sarcophagus panel in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, with Dionysiac scene with satyr carrying a goat see Arachne Database no. 106101.

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