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Detail of a Terracotta Bell-Krater Attributed to Python in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Detail of a Terracotta Bell-Krater Attributed to Python in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Attributed to Python

Period: Late Classical

Date: ca. 360–350 B.C.

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Paestan

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: diameter 14 1/2in. (36.8cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1989

Accession Number: 1989.11.4

Description:

Obverse, Dionysos and maenad in cart drawn by Papposilenos. Reverse, two youths

The phlyax scene shows a youthful Dionysos, god of wine, and a flute-playing companion riding a wheeled couch. The draught is provided by an old silenos wearing a fleecy costume under a fawn skin. The inscription above his head reads "Hubris." The drawing and polychromy, at once fluent and disciplined, represent Python at his best.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/255907

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