Attic Black-Figured Neck Amphora

Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 510 BC Dimensions: 16.8" Height x 11" Diameter (42.6cm x 28cm)Medium: Terracotta Attributed to the Manner of The Antimenes Painter. Side A features bearded Dionysos at the centre, with his head turned back, clad in a himation with a patterned border over an ankle-length chiton.  He wears a wreath in his hair, holds a kantharos in his left hand, and vines in his right, while facing a dancing maenad. The maenad holds crotales in her right hand, and wears a patterned chiton with a fillet in her hair, while another dancing maenad stands behind him, wearing a patterned chiton and fillet holding crotales in both hands. Side B features a departure scene with two central warriors, one wearing a high crested helmet and carrying a circular shield and spear, the other standing behind him wearing an archer's cap. An upward-gazing dog stands by their side, with a draped female behind, and an old man standing in front carrying a tall staff. With a band of three pairs of