Attic Black-Figure Hydria
On the shoulder: two quadrigae racing to the right. On the body: Dionysos, seated on a diphros, surrounded by dancing maenads. He holds a kantharos and grapevines, and wears an ivy wreath. The two maenads nearest Dionysos wear animal skins, and play krotala. In the field are meaningless inscriptions.
Ornament: tongues (alternating red, black) on the shoulder; framing the scene on the body: ivy leaves. Predella: encircled horizontal palmettes. Rays at the base.
Ornament: tongues (alternating red, black) on the shoulder; framing the scene on the body: ivy leaves. Predella: encircled horizontal palmettes. Rays at the base.
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