Stamnos Handle with Satyr Head Plates (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
This handle was probably attached to a stamnos (a type of storage vessel frequently used as a cinerary urn). Lance-shaped leaves are common on such handles, usually decorated (as here) with floral motifs and head of a silenus, one of the followers of Dionysos.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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