Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Attributed to the Lewis Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, Dionysos
Reverse, Ariadne

During the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., Dionysos is usually shown as a mature bearded god wearing a long chiton and cloak. Here, he has a band of cloth and a wreath of vine leaves around his head. He often carries a thyrsos, a fennel stalk topped with ivy leaves. On the skyphos, he pursues his wife, Ariadne. With a single figure on each side, the artist could be expansive with movement and details of drapery.

Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Lewis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Lewis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Lewis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Lewis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Lewis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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