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Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos by Berlin Painter — VisualArtsDB

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Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

-485–-475

Medium: Red-figure
Dimensions: Overall: 34 x 11.4 cm (13 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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A bearded Dionysos stands facing right, wearing a long chiton, whose fine creases are done in diluted gloss, and mantle. He holds a staff with an ivy sprig in his left hand and a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) drawn in silhouette in his right. He wears a wreath and stands barefoot.

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