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AN ATTIC-STYLE RED-FIGURE STAMNOS AND LID
TWENTIETH CENTURY COPY AFTER AN ORIGINAL BY THE DINOS PAINTER OF CIRCA 425-415 B.C.
Knobbed lid: decorated with black glazed rays, dots and stars
Side A: a scene of Dionysiac revelry, with a central image of Dionysos in the form of a dressed post adorned with foliage and a wreath, surrounded by four maenads wearing ivy leaf fillets, flowing drapery and animal skins, two dancing with thyrsos and torches, another accompanying them on a tympanon and the fourth making a wine offering on an altar
Side B: four maenads in procession, one playing the double flutes, two holding a torch and thyrsoi, another playing the tympanon
Palmettes under the handles, lid, neck and foot repaired
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high overall
