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MS2446

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2446
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 5th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Dionysos? | Satyr? | Youth | Staff
Description

I, to left, standing nude figure facing right arm akimbo, left forearm extended holding a vertical staff (thyrsus?) (satyr?). He confronts a standing clothed figure of an older, bearded man (possibly Dionysos?) facing left, right forearm extended holding staff, Border: maeander and checkerboard. A) In center, lower part of clothed figure facing left. To left, the entire figure of youth facing right, wearing boots with laces around his calves; right arm akimbo. To right, the legs of a similar figure, laces around calves. B) Seemingly a similar scene to A: only lower legs of the three figures are preserved.

Height 9.5 cm
Outside Diameter 23.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number unknown - Coleman Sale Number

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