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Fragment of a Black-Glaze Kantharos with Mask of Dionysos (part of 81.AE.195.A)

Date

480–470 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Fragment of added relief face in the form of a mask of Dionysos. What survives includes part of the bridge of the nose, with the inner corners of the narrow, arched eyebrows and the complete profile of the nose; the eyes; parts of both cheeks; the left half of the moustache; smiling lips; hairless chin and upper edges of the beard, incised with wavy vertical lines. Fine black lines outline the whites of the eyeballs. Much of the face bears traces of a bright red pigment (cinnabar?), while a dull red layer covers the lips.

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