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A crown of grapes encircles his head, while his eyes are wide open as he lifts his eyebrows, creating wrinkles on his forehead that produce an almost comical appearance. This older man, with his curly beard and bald head, recalls the image of the satyr Silenus, who was one of the half-horse or half-goat followers of Dionysos. The vessel was made from a mold, created in two parts. The seam that divided the front and the back of the face is still visible on either side. 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