Askos In The Shape Of A Lying Papposilens

Askos in the shape of a lying papposilens, Acquired from Swiss art dealers, clay, pressed into the mold, hand modeled, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, Total: Height: 12.7 cm; Width: 18.2 cm; Depth: 5.2 cm; Weight: 281.2 g; Volume: 0.06 l, Pottery, Satyrs, Fauns, Silene, Late Classical (Greek antiquity), Greek antiquity, The man lies on a wine hose, on a low bed covered with fur (Greek: paposil), dressed only with laced boots, a wreath of leaves and an animal skin thrown over his back. kline), which is carried by four lion feet. He held a drinking vessel, probably a kantharos, as can be seen from a better known replica in New York private property. Next to the papposilen squats a panther, whose mouth forms the spout of the vessel. The vessel was made of two halves of a mold, the bottom was made of a smooth clay flat cake. The handle, the short neck of the vessel and the plate-like leaves of the silenus wreath were also hand formed and added. Small traces of blue-green, blue, brown and red additional color have been preserved.. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)