Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Attributed to Asteas

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161

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.

Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Attributed to Asteas, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Paestan

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Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Attributed to Asteas, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Paestan
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Attributed to Asteas, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Paestan

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