Greek vases were made for use, but they were also prized for their refined shapes and adornment that we continue to admire today. This example, a stamnos, probably held wine and is said to have been found in Capua, Italy, in 1884. It is decorated in the red-figure technique, so called because the figures have been left in the natural reddish-orange color of the clay and surrounded by black glaze. The scene depicts three maenads, or female followers of the wine god Dionysos, celebrating a rite in his honor, which includes placing a wreath around the neck of a stamnos.