Greek head of a satyr with long beard, c.late 5th-4th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 4cm
10595 IVP
Further images
The menacing looking satyr head is full of character. He has high-arching eyebrows, a snub nose, and protruding rounded ears. His thick moustache sweeps over his top lip and down...
The menacing looking satyr head is full of character. He has high-arching eyebrows, a snub nose, and protruding rounded ears. His thick moustache sweeps over his top lip and down to his swirling beard, framing his wide mouth. He is balding and wears a diadem low on his forehead. A fragment from a statuette, with a few chips. A paper label glued to the back with 272 printed on it, overwritten as 372, and below, in pencil, in a 19th or early 20th hand, 372, presumably collection numbers.
Provenance
Tom Virzi (1881-1974), New York, USAPrivate collection, Switzerland; collection no.742
