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Mask of Silenus
© Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Mask of Silenus

White marble, 1st cent. A.D.
Pompeii, House of the Gilded Cupids
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 55278

Traces of the original polychrome decoration that heightened the theatrical effect can still be seen on the mask.