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Woman seated by an altar and thymiaterion (incense burner) being crowned by Eros, satyr and woman with tympanon (tambourine), and woman
Set outdoors, this scene shows a woman burning incense and a satyr with a woman, who may be a maenad. The woman at the right runs away in fright. The powers of Dionysos and Eros are evidently at work.
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Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Period: Late Classical
Date: 4th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Accession Number: 26.60.75
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