Terracotta stamnos (jar)

Barclay Painter|Thomson Painter

ca. 450–440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, woman ladles wine from a stamnos into a phiale (libation bowl) while companions hold phiale and kantharos Reverse, three women holding thyrsoi The women preparing wine and holding thyrsoi, the wands associated with maenads, suggest that this scene relates to a festival of Dionysos Lenaios, celebrated in Athens toward the end of January. The original Dionysos Lenaios was a column with a bearded mask. A number of Athenian vases show this idol surrounded by women ladling wine.

Artist

Barclay Painter|Thomson Painter

Date

ca. 450–440 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921