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Faience appliqué with a bust of Dionysos

3rd–1st century BCE
Not on view
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in April 2026. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Faience appliqué with a bust of Dionysos
  • Period: Hellenistic
  • Date: 3rd–1st century BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 5/16 x 2 x 1 1/16in. (5.9 x 5.1 x 2.7cm)
  • Classification: Miscellaneous-Faience
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Gift and Mr. and Mrs. Christos G. Bastis Gift, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.308
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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