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Small globular stamnos, belonging to the so-
called 'fluid group', with small collared neck,
wide mouth and vertical handles on the shoulder.
Relief lines in the decorative borders, the ovolo
and tongue patterns on the collar, around the
handles lavish tendril and palmette ornaments
with foreshortened campanula flowers enriched
with white details. On one side, a youth is
portrayed seated and holding a long campanula
stem, while on the other side, a nude youth is
engaged with a bearded silenus and both are
holding a dove in their hands. This subject
derived most probably from the Greek repertoire
and involved mostly Dyonisiac motifs, linked to
the same function of the stamnos, which was
used to store wine; perhaps these motifs were
instrumental in the passage of those who drank
from the vessel to a happy afterworld.
- (LO.1032)
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