Jug, jug handle

Jug handle, in the form the head and elongated body of an old satyr. At the top of the handle the head of the creature, who wears a Phrygian cap on shaggy hair, has a long pointed stylised beard, a moustache drooping from his nostrils with upturned ends, in Celtic style, and large eyes, drilled and inlaid. The arms of the figure (one hand missing) are bent back and were fixed to the vessel rim.
The figure bends forward from the waist, the curved handle taking the form of the hindquarters of the creature, with haunches, a short tail and legs with angular hoofs visible, the fur shown by slanting lines. There is a thumb grip on the back, above the haunches.
It is probable, judging from the Bacchic imagery, that the handle is from a wine jug although interpreted previously as a lamp (Toynbee 1964, 335-6, Pl LXXVII, b, c).
Jug handle, in the form the head and elongated body of an old satyr. At the top of the handle the head of the creature, who wears a Phrygian cap on shaggy hair, has a long pointed stylised beard, a moustache drooping from his nostrils with upturned ends, in Celtic style, and large eyes, drilled and inlaid. The arms of the figure (one hand missing) are bent back and were fixed to the vessel rim.
The figure bends forward from the waist, the curved handle taking the form of the hindquarters of the creature, with haunches, a short tail and legs with angular hoofs visible, the fur shown by slanting lines. There is a thumb grip on the back, above the haunches.
It is probable, judging from the Bacchic imagery, that the handle is from a wine jug although interpreted previously as a lamp (Toynbee 1964, 335-6, Pl LXXVII, b, c).
Jug handle, in the form the head and elongated body of an old satyr. At the top of the handle the head of the creature, who wears a Phrygian cap on shaggy hair, has a long pointed stylised beard, a moustache drooping from his nostrils with upturned ends, in Celtic style, and large eyes, drilled and inlaid. The arms of the figure (one hand missing) are bent back and were fixed to the vessel rim.
The figure bends forward from the waist, the curved handle taking the form of the hindquarters of the creature, with haunches, a short tail and legs with angular hoofs visible, the fur shown by slanting lines. There is a thumb grip on the back, above the haunches.
It is probable, judging from the Bacchic imagery, that the handle is from a wine jug although interpreted previously as a lamp (Toynbee 1964, 335-6, Pl LXXVII, b, c).