Terracotta Statuette of a Crouching Silenus

Culture: Greek

Period: End 5th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 9 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 2345

Provenance: German private collection 1980s. Thence with Galerie Jürgen Haring in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Last at the Swiss art market.

Condition: Intact

Description: A hollow terracotta statuette of Silenus, formed from a mould. Dionysus’ tutor is here depicted as a drinker and reveller. He crouches nude with a big belly on a rounded basis and holds in his left hand a kantharos. He has thick black hair and a long, curly beard. With intensive red, white and black color remains.