Marble statue of Pan/ Pan or Satyr with winnowing basket filled with offerings and cultic objects

ca. 2nd century CE

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The marble statue of Pan shows the god of shepherds, flocks, fields, and rustic music in his characteristic form as half-human and half-goat with unkept hair, a long beard, and the shaggy legs and tail of a goat. His right hand supports the raised side of a liknon, a quadrangular basket filled with fruit and an erect phallus that are partially concealed with a draped cloth or veil. The liknon has specific connotations to the god Dionysos and his mystery cult and typically held offerings and cult objects associated with fertility. In Roman art, Dionysian scenes and subjects, such as maenads, satyrs, and other woodland creatures, frequently filled villa gardens and peristyles.

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Title: Marble statue of Pan/ Pan or Satyr with winnowing basket filled with offerings and cultic objects
Period: Roman
Date: ca. 2nd century CE
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in., 85 lb. (92 × 30 × 24 cm, 38.6 kg)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Philodoroi Gifts, The Bothmer Purchase Fund, Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Joseph Gallagher III, and Patricia and Marietta Fried Gift, 2024
Object Number: 2024.615
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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