Decoration in the shape of the head of Silenus. Relief appliqué of the head of Silenus. The head is depicted in profile facing left. The nose is wrinkled and snub-nosed, with clearly marked holes, and the lips are full and pursed in a slightly sarcastic grimace. The face is framed by a mustache and beard. The eyes have clearly defined irises, half-closed, with slightly upturned eyebrows. At the level of the lower corner of the eye, a round hole is drilled through – the remains of a mounting. Behind it, at eye level, a clearly developed, though somewhat schematically depicted ear can be seen. A wreath or crown is visible on the hair above the forehead. A semicircular, oval cutout of unknown purpose is visible under the chin. 3rd–2nd century BC, Myrmekion Black Sea region. Appliqué, bas-relief; height 7.2 cm, width 4.1 cm., An irregularly shaped flat object with a rough, porous texture in shades of beige, tan, light brown, and gray, showing natural striations and small pits; a small roun...
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Decoration in the shape of the head of Silenus. Relief appliqué of the head of Silenus. The head is depicted in profile facing left. The nose is wrinkled and snub-nosed, with clearly marked holes, and the lips are full and pursed in a slightly sarcastic grimace. The face is framed by a mustache and beard. The eyes have clearly defined irises, half-closed, with slightly upturned eyebrows. At the level of the lower corner of the eye, a round hole is drilled through – the remains of a mounting. Behind it, at eye level, a clearly developed, though somewhat schematically depicted ear can be seen. A wreath or crown is visible on the hair above the forehead. A semicircular, oval cutout of unknown purpose is visible under the chin. 3rd–2nd century BC, Myrmekion Black Sea region. Appliqué, bas-relief; height 7.2 cm, width 4.1 cm., An irregularly shaped flat object with a rough, porous texture in shades of beige, tan, light brown, and gray, showing natural striations and small pits; a small round hole is visible near the upper center; a rectangular patch of woven fabric in a pale peach tone is attached near the top; a short area of red pigment appears near the fabric; the object has curved and notched edges with a small pointed protrusion at the bottom and an overall worn, weathered surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A02_364

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39.4Mo (2.3Mo) / 25.2cm x 39.2cm / 2978 x 4629 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Decoration shape head Silenus Relief appliqué depicted profile facing left nose wrinkled snub-nosed marked holes lips full pursed slightly sarcastic grimace face framed mustache beard eyes defined irises half-closed slightly upturned eyebrows level lower corner eye round hole drilled – remains mounting eye level developed though somewhat schematically ear wreath crown visible hair forehead semicircular oval cutout unknown purpose visible under chin 3rd–2nd century BC Myrmekion Black Sea region Appliqué bas-relief height 7.2 cm width 4.1 cm irregularly shaped flat object rough porous texture shades beige tan light brown gray showing natural striations small pits small round hole visible near upper center rectangular patch woven fabric pale peach tone attached near top short area red pigment near fabric object curved notched edges small pointed protrusion bottom worn weathered surface.

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