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Oinochoe with Dionysus, Bacchante and Satyrs
(Ancient Greece )
The central image of this oinochoe shows Dionysus, the god of wine, greeting a woman while nude satyrs cavort on either side.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
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)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.47