Oinochoe (shape 3, pitcher); Scene: Dionysos and his followers
Artist: The Felton Painter (Greek)
Date: about 375 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 8 1/4 in. (21.0 cm); Diam: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Diam (foot): 4 17/32 in. (11.5 cm)
Medium: Red Figure: Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware
Place of Origin: Greece, South Italy, Apulia
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1967.136
Label Text:Dionysos, Greek god of wine and the theater, reclines on a couch as his wife Ariadne pours him wine. His followers surround him, including a satyr (part-man, part-goat), a maenad (“the frenzied one”; a female follower of Dionysos), and a dwarf. A theater mask hangs on the wall. This delightful pitcher would have appropriately held wine.
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