T50.2 SILENUS

Museum Collection | - |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
Shape | Oinochoe |
Painter | - |
Date | C4th B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
An old Silen sits on a rock holding a thyrsus (pine-cone tipped staff) in one hand and a string of beads(?) in the other. He is depicted as a plump, hairy old man with a balding pate and the ears of an ass.