A pink terracotta pottery statuette depicting a satyr; he is shown squatting naked, a large, bearded head, protruding stomach, his hands resting on his erect penis.
 
Rhodian: Circa 525-475 BC.
 
Very Fine; complete and intact with areas of pink slip remaining and light accretions.
Height 8.1 cms (3.2 ins).
 
Provenance: Raphaël Collin (1850-1916) collection, Paris. The Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925) Collection, acquired from the above in 1911. Bequeathed to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1925. Deaccessioned and gifted to the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C., 2014. with Sands of Time Ancient Art, Washington D.C., 2021.
 
Published: R. Collin, Collection of Antique Grecian, Egyptian and Etruscan Statuettes, Vases, Tanagras, Etc., Paris, 1911, p. 2, nos. 11 and 12. Original Clark Catalogue, Part II, p. 234, no, 11; p. 235, no. 12. The Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1928, p. 100, nos. 2514 and 2515 (and in the 1932 edition of the same name). Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 'The William A. Clark Collection,' 26 April-16 July 1978.
 
For similar, see Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, by R. A. Higgins; pp. 73-74, pl. 31, nos. 160-164.