About this artwork
On one side of this vase, Dionysos is flanked by satyrs. The god moves to the right but looks back to the left. He holds up a kantharos (drinking cup) in his left hand. Both satyrs move to the right; that on the left is ithyphallic and plays a kithara. On the other side, a maenad wearing a sakkos (hat) and holding a krotala is flanked on either side by a satyr.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Artist
- Michigan Painter
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Title
- Amphora (Storage Jar)
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Place
- Greece (Object made in)
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Date
- 490 BCE–480 BCE
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Medium
- terracotta, black-figure
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Dimensions
- 21.2 × 13.9 × 13.9 cm (8 3/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
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Reference Number
- 1889.97
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/254/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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