Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Classical, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm), Vases, Obverse, two youths with thyrsoi (fennel stalks topped with ivy), Reverse, youth with a thyrsos, youth with a cup (?). In mainland Greece, thyrsoi tend to be associated with maenads. Since the youths wear wreaths, they are clearly in a Dionysiac mode
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Terracotta bell-krater, bowl, mixing wine, water, Classical, late 5th century B.C, Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 9 3/16, 23.3 cm, Vases, Obverse, two youths, thyrsoi, fennel stalks topped, ivy, Reverse, youth, thyrsos, cup, mainland Greece, thyrsoi tend, associated, maenads, youths wear, wreaths, Dionysiac mode
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