Amphora Handle with Satyr Playing Syrinx
first half 5th century BCE
Dimensions
17.3 x 6.5 x 15.5 cm (6 13/16 x 2 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Hesperia Art (George Allen), Philadelphia; acquired by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Waelder, Broomall, PA, in 1958. Purchased by Harvard University Art Museums from Robert Hecht, Jr. in 1998.
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