Black figured amphora illustrates Dionysus holding a Kantharus.Artemis holding two animals 30cm

On the front side, black figured amphora illustrates Dionysus holding a Kantharus. The rear side illustrates Artemis holding two animals.

Copy classical period 560-530 BC.

Amphora: is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period. Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting.

Dionysus: is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre in ancient Greek religion and myth.

Kantharus: a cup used to hold wine, possibly for drinking or for ritual use or offerings.

Artemis: is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity. Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo.