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Oil Container (Alabastron) in the Form of a Kneeling Satyr

Oil Container (Alabastron) in the Form of a Kneeling Satyr

Unknown

An unusual type of figure vase is the kneeling satyr, without an exact parallel found anywhere. The aryballos mouth for receiving oil arises above his large oval ears and black-painted hair.
Artist
Unknown (Greek)
Title
Oil Container (Alabastron) in the Form of a Kneeling Satyr
Date
6th century B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with painted slip decoration
Dimensions
6 in. Overall
Credit
Elvehjem Museum of Art League purchase
Accession No.
1983.5
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

by 1981, sold at auction (London, England) to Günter Puhze of the Galerie Günter Puhze (Freiberg, Germany); 17 January 1983, sold by Galerie Günter Puhze (Freiberg, Germany) to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 34, no. 13
  • Biers, William. "Ancient Figure Vases in the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Annual Report 1987-1988, Elvehjem Museum of Art (1988): 12-17. pp. 12-17
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Annual Report 1987-1988." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1989 p. 14
  • Galerie Günter Puhze. "Kunst der Antike." Freiburg: Galerie Günter Puhze, 1981. no. 136, p. 14, illus.
  • Galerie Günter Puhze. "Kunst der Antike." Freiburg: Galerie Günter Puhze, 1982. no. 170, p. 16, illus.

  • School of Paris : Early Twentieth-Century Prints from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/18/1986–12/7/1986
  • Director's Legacy, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1983–11/20/1983

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