Pelike

MS3443

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3443
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Manufacture Location Attica
Creator Troilos Painter
Date Made 5th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Dionysos | Satyr | Kantharos | Oinochoe
Description

Pelike. Handles, much of wall restored in plaster; base perhaps alien. A, at right Dionysos, bearded, fully clothed, carrying a kantharos, proceeds to right looking back at a satyr. Satyr wears ivy wreath, holds oinochoe in right hand and holds a wineskin by left hand over left shoulder. B, Dionysos in pose similar to A, looking back at another satyr (lower part only) proceeding to left. Part of wineskin preserved behind tail.

Height 37 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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