Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 460–450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm), Vases, Obverse, Dionysos and maenads at altar; Reverse, libation scene: king and women The Niobid Painter takes advantage of the large shape to depict solemn, imposing offering scenes. On the obverse, Dionysos, god of wine, stands at an altar with a kantharos (drinking cup with high handles) as the maenad opposite him holds an oinochoe (jug); interestingly, the vase is glazed black to be more visible.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 460–450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm), Vases, Obverse, Dionysos and maenads at altar; Reverse, libation scene: king and women The Niobid Painter takes advantage of the large shape to depict solemn, imposing offering scenes. On the obverse, Dionysos, god of wine, stands at an altar with a kantharos (drinking cup with high handles) as the maenad opposite him holds an oinochoe (jug); interestingly, the vase is glazed black to be more visible