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Red-figure Stamnos: Head of Satyr

Red-figure Stamnos: Head of Satyr

Etruscan

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.

Terracotta

Classical period, Late

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