GREECE, ATTIC BLACK FIGURE OINOCHOE

One-handled spherical vase with decoration of a mythological scene of Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, seated between Dionysos at the left, holding a drinking horn and a bunch of grapes as god of the wine, and Hermes at her right side with caduceus as messenger of the gods; wine tendrils inbetween.

Ariadne, holding a flower, is looking back to Dionysos, whom she married after her adventures with Theseus and the Cretan bull.

The scene is bordered by a double dotted row at the sides and a tongue design at the neck above; handle ridged.

Ex priv. coll. J. S., Netherlands, acq. from Kunsthandel M. Zilverberg 1994; before, Charles Ede, London 1992

H. 18,1 cm. Intact

500 BC

Publ. Catalogus Antiekbeurs Delft 1992; cf. CVA Bologna 2, pl. 35, 1-2