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Silenos; Roman copy based on a Greek prototype
Roman
Imperial Period, probably Antonine
Medium/Technique
Marble, Crystalline from the Aegean islands (?)
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr.
Accession Number1974.126
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 165; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 111 (additional published references).
DescriptionBroken away across the lower jaw and otherwise damaged. The Silenos wears a rolled fillet with grapes and leaves around his balding forehead. His polished, pointed ears have survived in relatively good condition.
ProvenanceBefore 1966: with K. J. Hewett, London; by 1966: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, Jr., Collection (first loaned to MFA as 7.66; later loaned to MFA as 173.67, 22.69, 41.1971 107.1972); 1973: Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Estate; bequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr. to MFA, February 13, 1974