crater

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Decoration: under rim; garland (leaf); on basin (side A); Dionysus and Ariadne; Dionysus (headband, crown, himation, holding, kantharos, thyrsus: bunch, seated, on, cushion, near); Ariadne (diadem, earring, bracelet, 2, chiton, himation, seated, above); maenad (earring, necklace, bracelet, chiton, belt, holding, dish); left; satyr (remains, bracelet, holding, thyrsus, above); maenad (2, diadem, 1, earring, necklace, bracelet, chiton, belt, holding, thyrsus, 1, seated, 1); right; maenad (diadem, earring, necklace, bracelet, chiton, belt, holding, thyrsus, dish: food, near); satyr (crown: leaf, seated, above); maenad (crown, earring, necklace, bracelet, chiton, belt, foot, raised, near); satyr (crown: leaf, beardless, holding, thyrsus, half-reclining, on, cushion, footrest, ?); in the field; strip on basin (between the handles, side A); meander (including, checkerboard); ova on basin (side B); Dionysian scene; maenad (diadem, earring, necklace, chiton, belt, holding, thyrsus, dish: food, between); satyr (2, crown, holding, tympanum, dancing); in the field; branch on basin (between the handles, side B); meander (including, checkerboard) Condition of the work: the vase is whole and reattached; the highlights are slightly worn; chips.

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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