An Etruscan Black Figure Stamnos with Satyr and Maenad
An Etruscan Black Figure Stamnos with Satyr and Maenad
Etruscan ca. 510-500 B.C..
Clay. H. 31.2 cm
A charming imitation of the Attic style, both in shape and decoration. Each side is decorated by a pair of dancing satyrs and maenads. Subsidiary non-figural decoration is exuberant if not refined. Lugs of black-slipped clay applied to either side of the handles. Condition: One handle reattached. Reassembled from fragments, with some lacunae having been restored with stucco.
Formerly priv. coll. E.W., Riehen acquired in the 1970's.
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An Etruscan Black Figure Stamnos with Satyr and Maenad
Etruscan ca. 510-500 B.C..
Clay. H. 31.2 cm
A charming imitation of the Attic style, both in shape and decoration. Each side is decorated by a pair of dancing satyrs and maenads. Subsidiary non-figural decoration is exuberant if not refined. Lugs of black-slipped clay applied to either side of the handles. Condition: One handle reattached. Reassembled from fragments, with some lacunae having been restored with stucco.
Formerly priv. coll. E.W., Riehen acquired in the 1970's.
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