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MS5765

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5765
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan | Faliscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 4th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Dionysos | Maenad | Satyr | Athletics
Description

I, Dionysos with maenad & satyr. A, 2 athletes and youth. Dionysos, bearded, dressed in a thick garment with a panther-skin over it, head to left, walks in the middle with his feet far apart, supported by a bearded satyr on the right, and with his arm around the shoulder of a naked maenad on the left. He holds a branch of vine, which is also grasped by the maenad. The faces of both maenad and satyr are in three-quarter view to right. Ground line with egg pattern.

Height 11 cm
Outside Diameter 28.3 cm

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