| DATE | 350 - 335 BC |
| AUTHOR | attributed to Python - Paestum, Italy, Greek colony |
| MATERIAL | Ceramic - red figure bell krater |
| SIZE | 33 cm (13") tall |
| LOCATION | USA - Boston - Museum of Fine Arts |
| NOTES | A side: Dionysos stands at the left, his thyrsos leaning against his left arm. He wears shoes, a bracelet, a beaded bandoleer, a beaded fillet, and a bordered himation; the thyrsos, jewelry, and beads are all in yellow. With his right hand, he offers a white egg to the young satyr at right, who stands with his right foot on a hummock, bending forward slightly with a white fillet held in both hands. In the god's left hand is a yellow wreath or necklace. The satyr has a white tail and wears shoes, a yellow wreath, and a bandoleer and thigh-chain of yellow beads.
B side: A bearded satyr wearing a white and yellow wreath, shoes, and a beaded bandoleer casually leans his left elbow on a low pillar, his legs crossed. He holds a fillet and a tambourine in his left hand, a fillet and a "skewer of fruit" in his right. At the lower left, beneath the satyr's extended right hand, is an altar with offerings on top: three white dots, possibly eggs.
A wreath of laurel circles the vase below the rim. A band of wave-pattern circles the lower body.
The sizes, subjects, decorative schemes, and common origin suggest that this vase and the following one were a pair and probably came from the same tomb. |
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