Detail of a Terracotta Bell Krater with a Dionysiac Scene in the Study Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Title: Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; red-figure

Culture: Etruscan, Faliscan

Period: Classical

Date: early 4th century B.C.

Dimensions: H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm) diameter 19 7/16 in. (49.4 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896

Accession Number: 96.18.37


Description:

Obverse, Dionysos with satyrs and maenads
Reverse, maenad between Pan and satyr

As early Lucanian vases show the effect of Athenian vase-painting on South Italian artists, so this complex and carefully executed work reflects an early stage of Athenian influence in Etruria.

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