Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

c. 480 BCE

Artists

The Berlin PainterArtist

Description

A bearded Dionysos stands facing right, wearing a long chiton, whose fine creases are done in diluted gloss, and mantle. He holds a staff with an ivy sprig in his left hand and a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) drawn in silhouette in his right. He wears a wreath and stands barefoot.

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Red-figure
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Early
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

Overall: 34 x 11.4 cm (13 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Philipp Lederer, Lugano, Switzerland. [Charles Lucien Morley, St. Moritz, Switzerland and New York (by 1942)], sold; to Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven, CT, (1942-1972), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1972.

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