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Image Not Available for Fountain basin supported by a kneeling satyr
Fountain basin supported by a kneeling satyr
Image Not Available for Fountain basin supported by a kneeling satyr

Fountain basin supported by a kneeling satyr

before A.D. 62
FindspotVilla of the Contrada Bottaro, near Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble (Attic) Scientific Analysis: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.488 / delta18O -7.827, Attribution - Pentelikon.
DimensionsHeight: 106.7 cm (42 in.)
Credit LineClassical Department Exchange Fund
Accession number1980.206
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFound June 5, 1902 during excavation by Gennaro Matrone of the villa of the Contrada Bottaro, located a half mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted to Gennaro Matrone by the Italian government; by 1916: the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (inv. no. 16.897); purchased by MFA from the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 18, 1980