Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Attributed to Asteas
Obverse, Dionysos and satyr. Reverse, two youths
Asteas was the leading painter of Paestan vases, with a considerable production and workshop. This early work depicts the wine-god Dionysos and a satyr who precedes him holding a kantharos (drinking cup) and a torch, now mostly lost. The satyr is human except for his ears, and the whole composition distantly echoes that of the famous statue group of the Tyrannicides.
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