Copy in the taste of antique productions from the period of - Lot 286

Copy in the taste of antique productions from the period of Augustus and Tiberius. Small bowl on pedestal with rich decoration depicting a complex scene linked to the Bacchic cult. Terra-cotta sigillata. Condition: slight wear to the slip on the most prominent parts of the decoration, tiny chip to the lip, calcareous deposit. Silenus is shown standing, holding a baby (Dionysus) in front of a woman wearing a sakaos and partially hidden by a drapery. A woman behind her offers garlands on an altar, in front of which is a fluted column supporting a figure of Priape. A satyr plays the holos in front of her and closes a casket with his foot. Behind him stands a static maenad, holding an oenochoe and a cornucopia above her head. A satyr dressed in a short loincloth holds a wineskin on his back and advances with a torch in his hand. In front of him, a sacrifice of a pig, held by the legs by a maenad and slit by a naked satyr. The blood falls into a bowl. The scene is framed by a fluted amphora on a Corinthian column. The scene is framed by a band of rosettes and a thin band of leaves. Height: 11 cm Diameter: 12 cm