id:			147789
accession number:	1974.16
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.16
updated:		2023-04-19 11:40:20.003000

Kottabos Element of a Dancing Satyr, 470–450 BC. Italy, Etruscan, 5th century. Bronze; overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1974.16

title:				Kottabos Element of a Dancing Satyr
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series:				
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creation date:			470–450 BC
creation date earliest:		-470
creation date latest:		-450
current location:		ArtLens Exhibition A
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Etruscan, 5th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Etruscan
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Artlens Exhibition 2019
	opening date:   2019-06-11T04:00:00
	<i>Artlens Exhibition 2019</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974-
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	citations: 	


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fun fact:
This lively object was likely used to play a drinking game called <em>kottabos</em>.

digital description:
This diminutive dancing satyr, identifiable by his snub nose and equine ears (though without a tail), lifts his leg and reaches with an upstretched arm toward a dish, now lost. The disc and cylinder on which he stands likely rested atop a much taller post, with a larger disc or dish below, as preserved in more complete examples and illustrated on numerous ancient vases. In the drinking game <em>kottabos</em>, known by its Greek name but also popular in Etruria, the goal was to knock a dish off its precarious perch, in this case the hand of the dancing satyr, using only the wine dregs in your cup.

wall description:
This diminutive dancing satyr, identifiable by his animal-like features, lifts his leg and reaches with an upstretched arm toward a dish, now lost. In the popular drinking game <em>kottabos,</em> the goal was to knock a dish off its precarious perch, in this case the hand of a dancing satyr, using only the wine dregs in your cup. Kottabos was a game enjoyed by elite men in ancient Greece who gathered at symposia, or raucous banquet parties, to regale each other with their knowledge of drama, poetry, and literature, as well as play drinking games and share stories of their own accomplishments.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cooney, John D. “Way Stations on the Primrose Path.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 7 (1974).
	page number: 	p. 241, figs.1-2
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152536

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 26
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n46

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n23

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IMAGES

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