Apulian Red-Figured Skyphos

Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: c. 340 - 320 BC
Dimensions: 7.75" Height x 8.5" Diameter; 13" Width including handles (19.6cms x 21.5cms; 33cms)
Medium: Terracotta

Finely potted, this lovely skyphos stands on a small disc foot, with the bulbous body swelling upwards.  Central figures on either side are framed by a band of dotted ovolo above and palmette complexes to either side beneath the handles. One one side, looking to the left, Dionysos stands in profile, nude but for a himation slung over his right arm,   while holding a thyrsos. On the other side a draped maenad runs to the left, holding a wreath and a tambourine with a quartered ball in the field.