The drinking cup is set on a short stemmed foot with high arching handles.

Largely widespread in Boeotia, a region especially famous for the cult of Dionysos (in which this form probably originated), this vessel is a major attribute of the god of wine: many contemporary painted scenes indeed represent Dionysos celebrating with his retinue of satyrs and maenads.

Condition: repaired from fragments with infill

£ 1,200.00