Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr

Medium

Binary alloy (copper, tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); a brown to olive green patina and minor traces of gilding.

Dimensions

H. overall 50 cm, h. of base 10.5 cm; h. of middle section, including bajonet joint, 15.5 cm; h. of cover, including the bajonet joint 26.4 cm.

Classification

Metalwork-Bronze

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1396

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