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Roman Marble Torso of Silenos ca. 1st Century AD. Silenos, the god of the woods, was a wise daemon and far less shameful than Dionysos' younger companions, hence he is depicted with a himation knotted around the hip. Standing on the left leg, the right one loosely placing forward, the statue has not yet entirely lost the late classical canon, although the stiff upper part of the body reveals the early Hellenistic rhythm. The model of this copy might be from the latest decades of the 4th century BC, the copy dating to the 1st century AD. There is a late Hellenistic variant of the type, known by a statue in the National Museum of Athens (NM 257, cf. M. Bieber, Denkmäler zum Theaterwesen im Altertum (Berlin & Leipzig 1920), p. 98 f.) Ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. Buy or Bid Sale 169, 1 June 2010, lot 554. H. 14" (35.6 cm), Mounted H. 18 1/4" (48.9 cm).