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Storage jar
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Storage jar
- Place of origin:
Apulia, Italy (made)
- Date:
ca.370s BC (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware decorated in the red-figure technique
- Credit Line:
Salting Collection
- Museum number:
C.2493-1910
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Storage jar, Pelike, earthenware decorated in the red-figure technique with Dionysus and Ariadne embracing, flanked by two women, with Eros above. On the other side is another figure scene.
Place of Origin
Apulia, Italy (made)
Date
ca.370s BC (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware decorated in the red-figure technique
Object history note
Earthenware decorated in the red-figure technique with Dionysus and Ariadne embracing, flanked by two women, with Eros above. On the other side is another figure scene.
Made in Apulia, a part of Southern Italy under Greek influence, about 100 years after the invention of acanthus ornament. The acanthus leaves at the base of the pot are in their early naturalistic form, but imaginary scrolling stems and flowers spring from them.
Descriptive line
Storage jar, Pelike, earthenware decorated in the red-figure technique with Dionysus and Ariadne embracing, with Eros, Italy, about 370-360 BC
Subjects depicted
Figures; Mythology; Deities; Classicism; Ariadne; Eros; Dionysus; Red-figure
Categories
Containers; Archaeology; Myths & Legends; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
