Head of a satyr for attachment to a jug, Ptolemaic Period, 246–221 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, h. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.) × w. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.), Satyr masks like this one were affixed to the inside rim of elaborate wine jugs (oinochoai) where the handle reached the rim. At the lower end of the handle on the body of the vessel were affixed heads of Silens, the old drinking man who accompanied Dionysus
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