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154 - Bust of a Silenus. Late Hellenistic period, 1st century B.C. Fulcrum mount, height 9.5 cm. Bust of a bearded, bald Silenus who turns his head vigorously to the left with a piercing gaze. The animal pelt, knotted over the right shoulder, falls diagonally across the chest, revealing a lion’s head in profile on the left. The eyes are inlaid with glass. Magnificent Late Hellenistic style! Beautiful, chestnut-brown patina, intact. Provenance: formerly a private collection in Berlin. Formerly Gorny & Mosch Auction 260, 2028, 122; formerly the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, 1948–2000, Israel. Exported from Israel with an export permit from the Israeli Antiquities Authority. Formerly Gorny & Mosch 248, 2017, 185. The piece adorned the lower end of the fulcrum of a kline. Cf.: S. Faust, *Fulcra* (1989), Plate 11. On the style, cf. ibid., p. 179, Cat. No. 171, Plate 30.1.
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Bust of a Silenus. Late Hellenistic period, 1st century B.C. Fulcrum mount, height 9.5 cm. Bust of a bearded, bald Silenus who turns his head vigorously to the left with a piercing gaze. The animal pelt, knotted over the right shoulder, falls diagonally across the chest, revealing a lion’s head in profile on the left. The eyes are inlaid with glass. Magnificent Late Hellenistic style! Beautiful, chestnut-brown patina, intact. Provenance: formerly a private collection in Berlin. Formerly Gorny & Mosch Auction 260, 2028, 122; formerly the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, 1948–2000, Israel. Exported from Israel with an export permit from the Israeli Antiquities Authority. Formerly Gorny & Mosch 248, 2017, 185. The piece adorned the lower end of the fulcrum of a kline. Cf.: S. Faust, *Fulcra* (1989), Plate 11. On the style, cf. ibid., p. 179, Cat. No. 171, Plate 30.1.
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