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Oinochoe with Dionysus, Bacchante and Satyrs

Description Provenance Credit

Description The central image of this oinochoe shows Dionysus, the god of wine, greeting a woman while nude satyrs cavort on either side.

Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

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Creators

Group of Faina 75 (Greek, active ca. 525-500 BCE) (?) (Artist)
Honolulu Class (Greek) (?) (Artist)

Period

late 6th century BCE (Archaic)

Medium

terracotta; black figure with added paint
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.47

Measurements

H: 8 3/4 x Diam: 5 3/8 in. (22.3 x 13.7 cm); Diam at mouth: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)

Geographies

Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)

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