Oinochoe

Description:

Apulia, ca. 300 BC
H. 21,5 cm
In the handle area, volute hooks and palmette decoration. The main scene depicts the naked young Heracles, seated on the left with a club and a lion’s skin, being presented with a wreath by a winged maenad. A bucranium above. Behind Heracles is the night-clad Dionysus with a thyrsus and a cup. The scene is framed by olive leaf decoration.
Private southern German collection, acquired on February 13, 1998, from the coin dealer, Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., Munich (Copy of the invoice and catalogue description preserved) - Signs of age, restored