Greek mask of Pan, Hellenistic, c.3rd-1st century BC
Terracotta
Height: 20.9cm
11651 TA
$ 70,000
Further images
Mask of the satyr Pan, expertly moulded by hand, his animated face held in a frown. The high-arching eyebrows are furrowed with creases along his forehead. A pair of short...
Mask of the satyr Pan, expertly moulded by hand, his animated face held in a frown. The high-arching eyebrows are furrowed with creases along his forehead. A pair of short horns above his brow emerges from the tousled hair, a curling beard and moustache frame his face. The pupils of the wide-open eyes, the nostrils, and the mouth between the open lips, were cut away before firing. His pointed ears confirm his animalistic, satyr identity. Holes at the ears and top of head for suspension. Broken and repaired from a few large fragments with minor fill and overpainting visible along the breaks. With insignificant minor surface wear throughout.
Provenance
Artemis A.W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (1936-2022), Providence, Rhode Island, USA; acquired 13th July 1970, thence by descentExhibitions
List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 'Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection', 12th October-8th November 1985Publications
Sotheby's, London, UK, Catalogue of Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Irish Bronze Age, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Byzantine Antiquities, Islamic Pottery and Metalwork, 13th July 1970, lot 86T. Hackens and R. Winkes, eds., Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1985), pp. 96-97, no.71
