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Skyphos (drinking cup): Silenus Holding an Amphora
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One on side, a nude Silenos (companion and tutor of Dionysos) stands with one hand on his hip and a storage vessel (amphora) in the other. On the left is a thyrsos (ivy-topped Dionysian staff) leaned against an invisible support. On the right is a rock. The word “kalos” (beautiful) is written faintly in front of Silenos’ face.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of E.P. Warren Esq.
Title: Skyphos (drinking cup): Silenus Holding an Amphora
Description:
One on side, a nude Silenos (companion and tutor of Dionysos) stands with one hand on his hip and a storage vessel (amphora) in the other.
On the left is a thyrsos (ivy-topped Dionysian staff) leaned against an invisible support.
On the right is a rock.
The word “kalos” (beautiful) is written faintly in front of Silenos’ face.
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