Etruscan Terracotta Dinos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Terracotta dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl)

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; black-figure

Culture: Etruscan

Period: Archaic

Date: late 6th century B.C.

Artist or Maker: Attributed to the Campana Dinoi, Ribbon Painter

Dimensions: H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1971

Accession Number: 1971.259a–c


Description:

Satyrs reveling

Campana dinoi frequently depict dancing men or satyrs, subjects appropriate for wine-mixing vessels. They are likely the products of Etruscanized East Greek artists who set up workshops in Southern Etruria in the late sixth century B.C. The style derives its name from the Marchese Giovanni Campana (1808-1880), an Italian banker, amateur archaeologist, and collector, who once owned several examples.

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