Faliscan skyphos

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Faliscan skyphos
Date350-300 BCE
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall (Height): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) Rim (Diam.): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.41
On view
Descriptiona). Dionysos. b). satyr. Head of Dionysos between tendrils. Reverse: head of satyr between tendrils. These are appropriate subjects for a wine cup. Isolated heads are a popular and common decorative motif on South Italian vases.
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Wine cup depicting Dionysos and a satyr
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 20).

Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 24. [recorded in notes for this publication as being previously unpublished].
Gnathian epichysis
Gnathian epichysis
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.56
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Red-figure skyphos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.39
© Roberto Lugo courtesy of Wexler Gallery. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum o…
First
Roberto Lugo
Date: 2020
Medium: Glazed ceramic and enamel paint
Object number: 2021.1a-b
Photograph by David Revette.
Red-figure bell krater (mixing vessel)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.43
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure hydria (water jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Attic black-figure skyphos
Attic black-figure skyphos
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.25
Photograph by John Bentham.
Olpe (pitcher)
The Rosoni Painter
Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Stirrup jar
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
Photograph by John Bentham.
Coffin medallion with head of Medusa
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 332-250 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1943.20
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Fragment of a relief from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5