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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Dancing Satyr

Dancing Satyr

500–475 BCE
painted terracotta
Overall: 9.8 x 10.8 x 4.7 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1992.352.3
Location: 102C Greek

Description

Part man and part beast, satyrs were mythical woodland creatures. In art, they were depicted with the ears and tail of a goat or horse, sometimes with hooves, and in a high state of sexual arousal. Satyrs often accompanied Dionysus, the god of wine, in his drinking bouts and other escapades. These three probably once decorated the rim of a large punch-bowl-shaped vessel for serving wine.
  • Norbert Schimmel, NY
    1992
    Sotheby's, NY sale 12/16/92, no. 53
    Norbert Schimmel, NY; (Sotheby's, NY sale 12/16/92, no. 53)
  • Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-October 6, 2019).
  • {{cite web|title=Dancing Satyr|url=false|author=|year=500–475 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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