T60.2 SATYR & MAENAD

Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Catalogue No. | New York 06.1152 |
Beazley Archive No. | - |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to Makron |
Date | ca. 490 – 480 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
A lascivious Satyr embraces a Maenad nymph. The Satyr has the ears and tail of an ass and wears a crown of ivy. The nymph holds a thyrsus--a pine-cone tipped staff borne by devotees of the god Dionysus.