Bowl

This black-figured bowl shows on one side the god of wine and drunkenness, Dionysus, on one side, accompanied by his wife Ariadne, and satyrs and maenads. On the other side, heavily armed horsemen and hoplites are shown dancing and gesticulating. The coloured highlights reinforce the miniaturist aspect of the ensemble making the scenes particularly lively. This bowl is attributed to the Amasis painter, who never signed his name, but worked with the Amasis potter. The elegance of the decorations and shapes would suggest that the painter and potter may have been the same person. The potter is a master of the black figure on red background technique, which was popular in Greece in the 6th century BCE.