A Rare Later Hellenistic Black Marble Head of a Satyr


2nd Century BC
Height: 17 cm. (6 2/3 in.)


Ex: private American collection, 1984; previously another private collection, 1960's.



Published:
Cody, Madeline (ed.); Egyptian Art. Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer (Oxford, 2004) p.483, fig.30.33
Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures (New York, 2003) p.22
(Also included in the corpus of Dr. Bernard V. Bothmer)


Comparanda:
Vermeule, Cornelius C. ; Greek & Roman Sculpture in America (Berkeley, 1981) no.132
Bieber, M; The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age (New York, 1961) no.574