File:Bronze mask of horned Dionysus, 200-100 BC, found in Greece, British Museum, London (15724584465).jpg

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Description Cast bronze mask of horned Dionysos, originally one of a pair of supports for the handle of a situla. The handle ring, which originally projected from the top of the head, is now missing. The grapes and ivy berries are inlaid with copper, as are the lips; an iron band encircles the forehead; the whites of the eyes are inlaid with silver, and silver horns rear from the temples. 200 BC–100 AD. GR 1989,0130.1
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Author Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany

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