A Roman silver figure of a child playing Pan-pipes, perhaps a salt-cellar, hollow, the chubby boy seated with his left leg bent underneath, naked save for a short cloak which hangs down his back, holding a set of Pan-pipes in his hands, on a flaring base, some damage and infilled with wax -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, 3rd Century A.D.

A Roman silver figure of a child playing Pan-pipes, perhaps a salt-cellar, hollow, the chubby boy seated with his left leg bent underneath, naked save for a short cloak which hangs down his back, holding a set of Pan-pipes in his hands, on a flaring base, some damage and infilled with wax -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, 3rd Century A.D.

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Cf. Thracian Treasures from Bulgaria, The British Museum, London, 1976, p. 85, no. 455 for a salt-cellar in the form of a seated child holding a dog

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