Faience appliqué with a bust of Dionysos

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3rd–1st century BCE · Faience · Greek and Roman Art

The use of faience, a material of Egyptian origin, for an object of Greek type and style exhibits an interesting combination of Greek and Egyptian workmanship that has been documented at Alexandria but is likely to have existed elsewhere as well. This piece, unlike the better known Ptolemaic faience oinochoai with relief decoration, does not appear to have belonged to a vessel and points to another use for faience appliqués in the Hellenistic period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–1st century BCE

Medium

Faience

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Gift and Mr. and Mrs. Christos G. Bastis Gift, 2000