Collection: | Athens, Agora Museum |
Summary: | Dancing maenads |
Ware: | Attic Red Figure |
Painter: | In the manner of the Dinos Painter |
Context: | Athens, Agora |
Date: | ca. 420 BC - ca. 410 BC |
Dimensions: | (a) H. 0.063 m; W. 0.057 m |
Primary Citation: | |
Shape: | Bell krater (?) |
Beazley Number: | 275477 |
Period: | High Classical |
Decoration Description: Maenads dancing (?): On fragment (a) Paidia (labelled), near profile to the right (front of head, left shoulder, breast, and left hand preserved), with her hair tied back, wearing a thin sleeved chiton, and a white wreath, holds a round object in her (missing) right hand, and raises a bossed round object (cymbals, phiale, or pyxis lid) in her right hand. On fragment (b) a maenad, thought to be Thymedia (labelled), 3/4-view to the right (back of head, right shoulder and right arm above wrist preserved), wearing a sleeveless chiton, a pony tail, and a white beaded necklace, is partially obscured by her thyrsos; on fragment (c) is preserved only a small portion of drapery from a thin chiton.
Collection History: Athens, Agora, Section I #971, in a well (found 15-16 May 1936)