Silenus Mask
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
CULTURE
Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM
Bronze
PERIOD
Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period
DIMENSIONS
2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.7 × 5.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.386
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
RIGHTS STATEMENT
Creative Commons-BY
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CAPTION
Graeco-Egyptian. Silenus Mask. Bronze, 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.7 × 5.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.386. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.386_NegB_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.16.386_NegB_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Small bronze mask of a heavily bearded satyr or Silenus. Cast in one piece with open back. Possibly an inlay or decoration from a piece of furniture.
Condition: Object was diseased and very heavily corroded. Had to be treated by electrolysis. Cured but result not very satisfactory. Surface now coppery brown. Good work. Details of beard and left ear broken.
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