Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus ca. 1550–70 Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino During Renaissance feasts, cisterns were filled with cold water to chill fruit or bottles of wine. This example’s decoration with a seascape populated by revelers, aquatic creatures, and the youthful Bacchus (god of wine) in a chariot is well-suited to the cooler’s function. Sturdy paw feet kept the vessel stable when filled and relate to the leonine masks that form the Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus 236750

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