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Satyr playing the pipes

This offers a variation on the theme of marble sculpture GR.2.1850: an older, fatter satyr plays his pipes beneath a garland, while a female head below and to the left shows that he is part of a larger scene. The fragment is part of a decorative plaque or inlay, carved from a stone with two layers of colour, light brown and cream.

Date: around AD 1–100 
Flourite
Bequeathed by Shannon, C.H.
Ricketts and Shannon Collection

Object Number: GR.113.1937

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