Hellenistic

Terracotta statuette of Silenos (?) drinking

The figurine is mold-made and hollow. It is preserved from the head to the abdomen. Silenos' arms are bent to hold a round vessel to his lips, as if to drink. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1686

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LI.403, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 198, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2322, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 358, p. 213, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Terracotta statuette of Silenos (?) drinking

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