Dionysos on mule, satyrs, and maenads

Unknown (Greek)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
525-500 BCE
Height:
27.0 cm  (10 5/8 in.)
Diameter of foot: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta
School:
Attic

Additional titles

Psykter

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 06.1021.80]

Description

Dionysos on mule with satyrs and maenads; a maenad probably playing krotola (depiction not clear, only one visible).

Iconclass

46C131
riding a mule; rider, horseman
92L1
(story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Crotala

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3868