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Date350-300 BCE
MediumTerracotta
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.
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).
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 [recorded in notes for this publication as being previously unpublished].
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Date: c. 350-325 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.43
Unknown artist
Date: c. 332-250 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1943.20
Unknown artist
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.30
Unknown artist
Date: c. 6th-8th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Unknown artist
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.44