Side B: youth at center, from the waist down
Side B: youth at right, from the waist up
Side A: Dionysos, thyrsos in left hand
Side A: woman, pail in left hand
Side B: youth at right, head
Side B: youth at right
| Collection: | Yale University Art Gallery |
| Summary: | Side A: Dionysos, woman, and silen |
| Ware: | Lucanian Red Figure |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Dolon Painter |
| Context: | Said to be from Bari |
| Date: | ca. 380 BC - ca. 360 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.3042 m., D. 0.3036 m. |
| Shape: | Bell krater |
| Region: | Apulia |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Condition:
Surface well preserved.
Decoration Description:
Side A: a nude young Dionysos with a garment thrown over his left shoulder and arm holds a thyrsos and wears a red wreath in his hair. He extends his right hand to a woman, most probably a maenad, offering him a kylix. Behind her stands the burlesque figure of a silen who leans on his staff.
Side B: three draped youths, drawn in a sketchy and untidy fashion. Below each group is a band of stopped meander and saltire crosses in panels. At the lip, a running border of laurel-wreath pattern is seen. At the juncture of the handles is a short panel of black tongues.
Shape Description:
Typical inverted bell with loop handles placed high on the body and curving upwards.
Collection History:
Stoddard Collection.
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