Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in August 2017. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.Obverse, Dionysos and maenad in cart drawn by Papposilenos. Reverse, two youths
The phlyax scene shows a youthful Dionysos, god of wine, and a flute-playing companion riding a wheeled couch. The draught is provided by an old silenos wearing a fleecy costume under a fawn skin. The inscription above his head reads "Hubris." The drawing and polychromy, at once fluent and disciplined, represent Python at his best.
The phlyax scene shows a youthful Dionysos, god of wine, and a flute-playing companion riding a wheeled couch. The draught is provided by an old silenos wearing a fleecy costume under a fawn skin. The inscription above his head reads "Hubris." The drawing and polychromy, at once fluent and disciplined, represent Python at his best.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
- Artist: Attributed to Python
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: ca. 360–350 BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Paestan
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: diameter 14 1/2in. (36.8cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1989
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Attributed to Python
ca. 350–325 BCE
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3rd or 4th century BCE (?)
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ca. 440 BCE
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