Red-figure Stamnos: Head of Satyr
400 BCE-350 BCE
Description
Pinkish-buff fabric with black and brown slips, mottled from misfiring. Flaring collar with overhanging rim. Lotus and palmette frieze on rounded shoulder. Large lotuses under upturned handles. On both front and back of vessel is the head of a balding, bearded satyr facing left. Meander and checkerboard strip below figural scene. Solid base. Restored from several fragments and heavy overpainting.
Dimensions
30 x 18 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Etruscan Red-figure Stamnos with Satyr's Head: Purchased from Dr. Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, March 1966.
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