Applique Head of Dionysos
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureGreek
Date2nd century BCE
Mediumterra cotta
Dimensions5 9/16 x 5 7/16 x 2 7/8 in. (14.1 x 13.8 x 7.3 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift in memory of Mary Dirnberger Mack Sundbeck (AB 1929) and Edward Sundbeck by Charles R. Mack (AB 1962, Ph.D. 1972), Ilona S. Mack, and Katrina Mack Daniels
Object number2001.13.4
DescriptionThis head of Dionysos would have served as an appliqué or mask to decorate a vase. It was probably one of a pair made separately and attached to a situla (a pail) or krater below the handle, similar to a marble krater fragment in New York.The mitra, a head band or fillet that crosses the forehead and the wreath of ivy and grapes, along with the mustache and full beard characterize the head as Dionysos. The frontal head has regular features and full lips. The corkscrew curls of the beard are heavily worked, and may have been added separately.
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