Attic Red-figure calyx-krater; on rim, tongue pattern; under rim and below scenes, leaf pattern; A, semi-nude female (Ariadne) seated; before her, Eros (Latin: Cupid) offering her a fillet (?), and Dionysos, leaning on a rock; behind her, youth (Theseus) with outstretched arm, and silen; B, three mantled youths; between B and A, door.
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), Eros (Greek deity), and Theseus (Greek Hero)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Calyx kraters
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1976-1977 #77: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (April 29, 1977–June 2, 1977), S1981-1982 #26: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 18, 1981–September 29, 1982), 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)