Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Asteas

ca. 360–350 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, Dionysos and satyr. Reverse, two youths Asteas was the leading painter of Paestan vases, with a considerable production and workshop. This early work depicts the wine-god Dionysos and a satyr who precedes him holding a kantharos (drinking cup) and a torch, now mostly lost. The satyr is human except for his ears, and the whole composition distantly echoes that of the famous statue group of the Tyrannicides.

Artist

Asteas

Date

ca. 360–350 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Paestan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1962