Harvard Art Museums > 1926.21.15: Seated Pan Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seated Pan , 1926.21.15,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291964. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1926.21.15 Title Seated Pan Classification Sculpture Work Type statuette, sculpture Date 3rd century BCE or later Period Hellenistic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291964 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Mold-made Dimensions 19 × 10.5 × 11.5 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Percy S. Straus Accession Year 1926 Object Number 1926.21.15 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Mostly complete figurine with a few cracks and modern repairs. Sitting, semi-nude satyr, perhaps the god Pan. Large, oval head cocked to the right, but looking forward. Bald with a singular tuft of hair at the top. The ears are now missing. Two horns, incomplete, rise from the forehead and seem to point back. Ears are missing. Furrowed brows over deep-set eyes; round nose; distinct cheeks, and a smiling, open mouth with full, sensuous lips. He sports a mustache and a long, squared beard. Expression is jovial. Body is less detailed. The figure sits on a bulbous mound, with his right arm bent at the elbow and resting on upper right thigh, and the left arm falling straight down his side and resting on the mound. Body is mostly nude, and vague enough to appear human; the only indications of an animal nature are the bare feet, which are cleft in two, as if hooves, and a short, pointed tail that curves up at the back. A somewhat flimsy mantle is draped over the left thigh, and falls between the spread legs, coyly covering his groin. Would have been painted originally. No white ground extant, but a significant amount of pigment remains. The mantle was painted a bright red, and the mound seems to have been black. Heavy with a solid feel but should be hollow. Mold-made in several bivalve molds. Carefully attached to a narrow, flat, plain base. Related Works 1926.21.4 Seated Emotional Man Sculpture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
