Attic White-Ground Cup (Lipped Inside) Fragment with Dionysos and a Satyr and One Black-Gloss Cup Fragment (rim)

Onesimos

about 490 B.C.

Terracotta

J. Paul Getty Museum

Fragments of a white-ground terracotta cup depict figures in black-figure style, including a male figure with a beard and curly hair, and another figure that appears to be a satyr. Decorative elements include vine leaves and clusters. This cup is one of the earliest vessels made that still preserves its white-ground interior. A large vase-painting entirely fills the inside of the bowl. It is rimmed by an offset black lip; the exterior of the cup is also black. Dionysos, shown to the left and dressed in a flowing white chiton and himation, is painted in red-figure outline upon the creamy white ground. Details, such as the folds of his linen garments, have been rendered in dilute gloss. The curly locks of the god's long hair and his kantharos are both painted black. A satyr playing an aulos approaches Dionysos from the right. Contrasting formally and iconographical