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Satyr
Greek
Hellenistic Period
200–50 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 4.9 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.32b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 133; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
DescriptionHe is kneeling and ithyphallic, right hand shading the eyes and the left on his ankle. Recalls terracotta grotesques from Smyrna.
Greenish black patina, with metallic and earthy encrustation.
Greenish black patina, with metallic and earthy encrustation.
Provenance1898, purchased in Smyrna by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1908, gift of Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1910)