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Head Vase (Satyr)

Date

2nd–1st century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

A vessel in the shape of a bust of a satyr in yellow-orange clay, covered in red glaze. The smiling satyr has curly hair and a long, curly beard. He tilts his head to the right toward his shoulder and draws his eyebrows down over his eyes creating a furrowed brow. The hair is arranged in a curl wave pattern from a central part. The back of the vessel is only summarily modeled and there are pairs of incised lines decorating the base and the neck

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