Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: c. 510 B.C.
Dimensions: 16.8" Height x 11" Diameter (42.6cms x 28cms)
Medium: Terracotta
Attributed to the Manner of The Antimenes Painter
One side with bearded Dionysos at the centre, head turned back, clad in a himation with patterned border over an ankle-length chiton, a wreath in his hair, a kantharos in his left hand, vines in his right, facing a dancing maenad, crotales in her right hand, wearing a patterned chiton, a fillet in her hair, another dancing maenad behind him, wearing patterned chiton and fillet, holding crotales in both hands; the other side with departure scene with two central warriors, one wearing high crested helmet and carrying a circular shield and spear, the other standing behind wearing an archer's cap, an upward-gazing dog standing by their side, a draped female behind, an old man standing in front carrying a tall staff; a band of three pairs of confronting lion and boar beneath the scene, rays around foot, double lotus bud and scrolling palmette under the handles, tongues around shoulder, double palmettes on the neck, details in added white and red, a graffito on the underside of foot, the Greek letter Delta.
