Vessel with a belly in the shape of a satyr's Silenus's head. A flat-bottomed Roman pottery vessel with a plastic belly in the shape of a Silenus's head, a funnel-shaped spout, and a vertical ribbon handle curved into a circle. The Silenus's head has horse ears and an ivy wreath with flowers above the forehead. The face has a low, wavy chiton — note: original said cola likely chignon? — small eyes with thin, slender eyelids and marked irises and pupils, a short, broad nose, chubby cheeks, and a narrow, closed mouth. Much of the face is covered by a beard and mustache, parted in the middle and arranged in twisted locks with curled ends. Orange clay, 2nd century, from Pergamon. Vessel; height 13.6 cm, width 9.6 cm, depth 10.5 cm, weight 0.246 kg., A terracotta jug shaped like a human head with a handle emerging from the back, showing a sculpted face in profile with pronounced facial features including an eye, nose, mustache, beard, and textured hair; the surface is weathered with rough p...
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Vessel with a belly in the shape of a satyr's Silenus's head. A flat-bottomed Roman pottery vessel with a plastic belly in the shape of a Silenus's head, a funnel-shaped spout, and a vertical ribbon handle curved into a circle. The Silenus's head has horse ears and an ivy wreath with flowers above the forehead. The face has a low, wavy chiton — note: original said cola likely chignon? — small eyes with thin, slender eyelids and marked irises and pupils, a short, broad nose, chubby cheeks, and a narrow, closed mouth. Much of the face is covered by a beard and mustache, parted in the middle and arranged in twisted locks with curled ends. Orange clay, 2nd century, from Pergamon. Vessel; height 13.6 cm, width 9.6 cm, depth 10.5 cm, weight 0.246 kg., A terracotta jug shaped like a human head with a handle emerging from the back, showing a sculpted face in profile with pronounced facial features including an eye, nose, mustache, beard, and textured hair; the surface is weathered with rough patches and worn areas. The dominant colors are warm tan and light brown on the jug, with subtle darker brown spots and a neutral gray background and shadow.

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Vessel belly shape satyr's Silenus's head flat-bottomed Roman pottery vessel plastic belly Silenus's head funnel-shaped spout vertical ribbon handle curved circle horse ears ivy wreath flowers forehead face low wavy chiton note original said cola chignon small eyes thin slender eyelids marked irises pupils short broad nose chubby cheeks narrow closed mouth covered beard mustache parted middle arranged twisted locks curled ends Orange clay 2nd century Pergamon height 13.6 cm width 9.6 cm depth 10.5 cm weight 0.246 kg terracotta jug shaped human head handle emerging back showing sculpted face profile pronounced facial features eye nose textured hair surface weathered rough patches worn areas dominant colors warm tan light brown jug subtle darker brown spots neutral gray background shadow.

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