T62.2 MAENAD NYMPH

Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich 2645 |
Beazley Archive No. | 203914 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure (White Ground) |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Brygos Painter |
Date | ca. 590 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
A Maenad-nymph dances with a thyrsus (pine-cone tipped staff) held in one hand and a leopard cub in the other. She wears a leopard-skin cape and her hair is bound with a live serpent.