Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) ca. 360–350 Attributed to Asteas Obverse, Dionysos and satyr. Reverse, two youthsAsteas 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 Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) 255124 : Attributed to Asteas, Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl),
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) ca. 360–350 Attributed to Asteas Obverse, Dionysos and satyr. Reverse, two youthsAsteas 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 Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) 255124 : Attributed to Asteas, Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), ca. 360?350 , Terracotta, H. 14 5/8 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1962 ()
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