""silene" Bronze Sculpture 19th Century "
Sculpture representing Silenus, the satyr personifying drunkenness who adopted Dionysus. Replica of a Roman bronze unearthed in Pompeii in 1863 and preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. The crown decorated with palmettes worn by Silenus must have held a terracotta container containing wine, or an oil lamp. Beautiful bronze of good quality, patina in very good condition and of beautiful size 63cm. 
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