Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Lewis Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 470 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. with handles 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); width with handles 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm); diameter of bowl 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
- Object Number: 56.171.59
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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