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, (by 1958)], sold; to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Waelder, Broomall, PA, (1958-1995), sold; through [Christies, New York Auction, June 2, 1995]; to [Robert E. Hecht, Jr. New York (1995-1998)], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums 1998. Note: Dr. Waelder (1900-1967) was born in Vienna. He was a psychoanalyst at Jefferson Medical College and a follower of Sigmund Freud. His wife Elsie Henrietta Grosse Waelder (1913-1994) was born in Berlin. She was a clinical Social Worker and a psychotherapist.
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