Figurine
MS1869
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1869 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made | 299-250 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Male Head | Silenus |
| Description | Head of Silenos. Bald, wrikled forehead, contorted brows, pug nose, heavy mustache, long curly beard parted in the middle wreath of large leaves. Broken off at neck. Seems to be solid, perhaps modelled freehand rather than mold. Buff, hard clay; no trace of paint. |
| Height | 9.2 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Thickness | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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