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Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

Red-figure The Berlin Painter · Lekythos · c. 480 BCE

A bearded Dionysos stands facing right, wearing a long chiton, whose fine creases are done in diluted gloss, and mantle. He holds a staff with an ivy sprig in his left hand and a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) drawn in silhouette in his right. He wears a wreath and stands barefoot.

Shape

Lekythos

Technique

Red-figure

Period

Classical period, Early

Date

c. 480 BCE

Culture

Greek

Painter

The Berlin Painter