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THBGreek Terracotta Relief - Face of Marsyas
Lot 19j
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Viking, Near Eastern plus Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India, more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Greece, Classical Period, ca. 500 BCE. A dramatic terracotta relief of the satyr Marsyas who in Greek mythology plays a principal role in two narratives about music. In one story, Marsyas picked up an aulos (a double-piped reed instrument) that Athena had cast aside and began playing it. In the second story, Marsyas boldly challenged Apollo, the god of music, to a contest that was judged by the Muses that he unfortunately lost. Since it was determined that Marsyas had committed hubris against Apollo, Marsyas lost both his hide and his life. He was hanged inside a cave and then flayed alive, and when the gods mourned Marsyas their tears created the river Marsyas. In this piece the sculptor keenly communicates the tortured, somewhat crazed state of Marsyas. Note his frightened countenance and the unruly wildness of his wavy coiffure and full beard. Custom wooden display stand included. Size (face): 4.25" W x 5.125" H (10.8 cm x 13 cm); size (stand): 6.2" W x 6.625" H (15.7 cm x 16.8 cm).
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#140715Small losses to peripheries, forehead, and areas of head, with minor nicks to face, peripheries, and verso, minor abrasions, and softening to some finer features. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Small fissure to top of wooden stand.Condition
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