Red figure Panathenaic Amphora 31cm,God Dionysus with Manaed and Satyrs

Enhance your decor with an Ancient Greek Red Figure Panathenaic Amphora .Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 520 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC.It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within  a few decades. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background.

  The representation attributed to Cleophrades Painter (500BC). It is depicted God Dionysus with randy satyrs and orgasmic maenads . A bearded Dionysus is in the middle with an ivy wreath in his hair.  He holds a vine in his left hand and in his right a kantharos (a deep drinking cup with high vertical handles).  Over a broad chiton and himation (mantle or cloak) he wears a panther pelt.  To his right and left are maenads, who defend themselves against lusty satyrs (under the handle and on the other side) with the thyrsus (pinecone-tipped staff).  The maenad on the left holds a snake.On the neck of the Amphora shows  Athletes indulging in sport.

  Net weight: 1,8 kgr(4lbr),  Height:31cm (12,1in)