Hydria (water jar): Dionysos and Entourage

Artists

Description

Dionysos sits in the center of the scene holding a thyrsos and looking to the right. On his right, a woman wearing a chiton stands and pets the god's panther. Above her in the upper right is a seated youth, likely the god Hermes who holds a caduceus and at the far right, a woman sits facing right and looking to the left. To the left of Dionysos is a bearded-satyr, also holding a thyrsos. At the far left is a woman wearing a long chiton and himation. On the back of the vessel is a winding vine of palmettes, lotus buds, and tendrils. Under each lateral handle, a palmette. The lip is decorated with an egg-and-dart. At the bottom of the scene, a band of alternating meander and checkerboard square. Added white highlighting details including the panther, an Eros, and diadems. Yellow also highlights the panthers.

Dimensions

35.6 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.) with handles: 35.6 x 27 cm (14 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Hamburger Collection Frankfurt. [Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, Katalog, 2035,"Werke Antiker Kunst, Sammlungen A. Loebbecke-Braunschweig und Dr. Witte-Rostock," p. 13, pl. 2, no. 456, by 1930]. David M. Robinson, Oxford, Mississippi, (by 1937-1959) bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1960.