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4. right side of page: 212.500 Fairly good. end of right side of page text M.B,38 INKSTAND WITH SATYR. RICCIO. Triangular in form, resting on three claw feet: above these scrolls covered with foliage support wolves' heads with wide open jaws, which are placed at the angles. The sides are adorned with masks and other decorative designs. On the cover is the seated figure of a satyr, his hands bound behind him to a tree-stump, his head thrown back and turned to the right, his hoofs crossed and raised in the air. Pfungst Collection. Plate XXX. H. 7-3/8 inches. 17,500 left side of paragraph: Do not consider too many in existence. end of left side text

M.B.39 LAMP IN THE FORM OF AN ANCIENT GALLEY. RICCIO. The body decorated with a band of figures in relief representing a bacchanal, with Silenus in the centre of one side, and a goat with a satyr kneeling before it, on the reverse. Above, a band of ornament of shells and masks: below, bullock's skulls in reserve and festoons. The prow, which forms the burner, is adorned with swags and bullock's skulls, and, on the under part with a terminal female figure of spine-like form. The base, which stands on four pear shaped feet ending in curves, is adorned with marine deities and a terminal female figure. On the handle, which is partly broken, is a satyr's head. Plate XXI. H. 7 inches. L. 8 1/2 inches. 27,500 left side of paragraph: Do not consider too many in existence. end of left side text

M.B.81. SATYR. Francesco da Sant'Agate. XVI century. First half. Paduan School. Mentioned as a famous sculptor at Padua in the year 1520. Full-length nude, pacing forward, his right foot advanced, his left partially lifted following the right. His arms are raised above the head: his hands, which are touching one another with fingers bent as though grasping some object, doubtless once held a flute: 257.500 left of paragraph text: Poor. Better examples in existence.