Relief of a Satyr before a Herm card

Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum

Relief of a Satyr before a Herm

1st Century AD - 2nd Century AD
59.148.309

On display

World Museum

Information

Relief .showing a Satyr before a herm of a horned and goat eared bearded god either Silenus or Pan. The satyr has no beard and wears an animal skin, tied around his neck and hanging down his back, He holds a pedum (shepherd's crook) in his left hand. In his right hand he holds an offering to the herm, possibly a basket of honeycomb. He stands in front of a furniture piece with a voluted lid. Above the two figures there is a fruit and berries garland hanging from two bucrania (bull skulls).

Specifications

Accession number
59.148.309
Collection type
Art
Culture
Roman Imperial
Date made
1st Century AD - 2nd Century AD
Collector
Henry Blundell
Materials
Marble
Measurements
Overall: 1180 mm x 660 mm x 200 mm x 200 kg
Note
A study of the relief exists in the British Museum 2013,5015.1.7, showing a bear…
Credit line
Gift of Col. Joseph W Weld, 1959
Legal status
Permanent collection
Provenance
Joseph William Weld, Donor, Owned from: 1958, Owned until: 1959<br/><br/>Henry B…
Location
Loan out: ON LOAN, Shanghai Youxiang Art
Publications
A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall, Bernard Ashmole, 1929,…