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Terracotta kantharos with a satyr's mask on both sides

Terracotta kantharos with a satyr's mask on both sides





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Les Satyres
Relationship with : Dionysos

Date : VIth century B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Gift of Subscribers to the Fund for Excavations at Sardis (1916)
Item 75 on 197
Greek Antiquities
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Vitrine : V05

Area related
Sardis (Turkey)
Site related :
Sardis


Description   

The kantharos was associated closely with Dionysos, the god of wine. Examples with a face on both sides were often produced in the East Greek cities of Asia Minor. The lower part is restored.
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Terracotta kantharos with a satyr's mask on both sides
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