Skyphos Decorated with Grape Vines in Relief

2nd half 1st century BCE-1st century CE (Late Hellenistic-Roman Imperial)

17.8 cm 7.8 cm 11.4 cm

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The decorative register of this skyphos is almost completely covered by curling grape vines, leaves, and bunches, rendered in highly naturalistic style with varied size of the leaves. The grape vines reference the wine god Dionysos (Roman Bacchus). The two ring handles are int...

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19052
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from ""between Aleppo and Jerusalem""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase, 1914; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.125

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