"Sacred to Bacchus" Wine Ewer with a Satyr Handle
after 1780
Artists
Description
Satyr with goat at mouth of ewer; grapevine garlands around body of vessel. Three-leaf garland around center of body. Fluting around lower half of body; square plinth with relief design of vines.
Dimensions
40.8 x 20 x 16.9 cm (16 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1914, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1914.
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