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Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Attributed to Asteas
ca. 360–350 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161
Obverse, Dionysos and satyr. Reverse, two youths

Asteas was the leading painter of Paestan vases, with a considerable production and workshop. This early work depicts the wine-god Dionysos and a satyr who precedes him holding a kantharos (drinking cup) and a torch, now mostly lost. The satyr is human except for his ears, and the whole composition distantly echoes that of the famous statue group of the Tyrannicides.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
  • Artist: Attributed to Asteas
  • Period: Late Classical
  • Date: ca. 360–350 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, South Italian, Paestan
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.11.3
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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