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The Gathering Wild Maenad Holding Panther Wall Hanging Plate Greek Mythology

$ 17.95

Availability: 24 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
  • Type: Art Wall Hanging Plate
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    The Gathering Wild Maenad Nymph holding a baby panther wall hanging plate. In Ancient Greece maenads were the female followers of Dionysus (the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre in ancient Greek religion and myth). They prepared his wine, and used it to access a state of frenzied, divine madness and ecstasy. This design is attributed to the Brygos painter.
    Signed on back; Exact Copy, 470 BC, Handmade in Greece. Initials J. M. M.
    Approx 7 3/4” across x 3/4” h
    Preowned, good condition, light wear on black paint around the rim. No cracks, and no chips.