Attic Red Figure Olpe

attributed to the Painter of Naples Hydriskai. Rare three-figural scene, finely potted and painted with Dionysian scene around front and two sides. Older bearded satyr walking right, carrying a lyre, framed by two draped Bacchantes, each holding a thyrsos.

ca. 440 BC

height: 24 cm. (9 7/16 in.)

width: 15 cm. (5 15/16 in.)

diam.: 12 cm. (4 3/4 in.)

#0349

Ex: private European collection, 1970s - 1993

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures X. (New York, 2012) p. 21

Comparanda: Lezzi-Hafter, A; Eretria-Maler : Werke und Weggefährten (Mainz, 1988) pls. 98-99 (beazley 217199) Beazley, JD ; Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters v.1 (Oxford, 1968) no.1267.15