Attic Red-figure calyx-krater; steep, overhanging lip with simplified egg pattern; under lip and below scenes, wreath pattern; A, Ariadne, wreathed in ivy and wearing a brooched chiton, holds a mirror and alabastron, as she sits facing Dionysos, to whom Eros (Latin: Cupid) offers a circlet; B, youth and bearded man in mantles; Doric column between them.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Ariadne (Greek Heroine), Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity), and Eros (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Calyx kraters
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1971-1972 #117: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 22, 1972–March 22, 1972), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), and S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)