Stamnos Handle with Satyr Head Plates (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The handle was probably attached to a stamnos (a type of storage vessel frequently reused as cinerary urns). Lanceolate leaves are common on such handles, usually decorated (as here) with floral motifs and sometimes the head of a silen, a mythological follower of Dionysos.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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