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On a vessel a man holds a large cup and a staff with vines coming from the top.

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos

500 BCE - 470 BCE

Attributed to The Berlin Painter

Greek

A bearded Dionysos stands facing right, wearing a long chiton, whose fine creases are done in diluted gloss, and mantle. He holds a staff with an ivy sprig in his left hand and a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) drawn in silhouette in his right. He wears a wreath and stands barefoot.

Terracotta

Classical period, Early

Vessels