An ancient Roman marble fragment from the corner of a sarcophagus lid with an image of the head of a satyr in relief with full features and wavy hair.
Ca. 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Length: 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm).
cf.: B. Andreae et al., Deutsches Archaologisches Institut Bildkatalog Der Skulpturen Des Vatikanischen Museums Band I Museo Chiaramonti Teilband 3, De Gruyter, (1995), fig. 406a, 406b
Formerly in the J. Saladino collection, Santa Barbara, California.
