Terracotta Megarian bowl

Unknown

2nd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Meander border framed by ridges, above a Dionysiac scene with trees, maenads, and saytrs. Mold-made bowls from Boeotia are often decorated in relief with Homeric themes and subjects drawn from Classical Greek tragedy. Although this bowl depicts a bucolic Dionysiac revel, its shape and the egg and dart wreath surrounding its foot suggest it too was made in Boeotia. The relief on the base is badly worn, but it could portray either Dionysos or a satyr crowned with grape leaves, as either would make a suitable counterpart to the primary figural scene on the bowl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, probably Boeotian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, 1931