BACCHANAL

Greek vase frenzy

The Maenads

Dionysos, satyrs, the dance — the god sailing under the vine.

Black-figure and red-figure frenzy from the vase corpus. Exekias' cup of the god sailing under a mast grown into a vine leads the collection: the oldest wine-dark dream in the canon.

Maenad in Flight — Head thrown back, thyrsus high, drapery mid-spin — the frenzy as a deco poster.House original

Maenad in Flight

Original · 2026

The Thyrsus — The ivy-wound staff crossed with a golden cup — the emblem of the whole train.House original

The Thyrsus

Original · 2026

Dionysos Enthroned — The young wine god on his throne, kantharos in hand, leopard at his feet.House original

Dionysos Enthroned

Original · 2026

The Leopard and the Cup — A leopard beside an overflowing golden cup — elegance with teeth.House original

The Leopard and the Cup

Original · 2026

Satyr and Vine — A satyr deep in the harvest, mischief and dappled gold — nouveau, and grinning.House original

Satyr and Vine

Original · 2026

The Vintage Procession — Garlanded revelers carry baskets and amphorae in a dancing line — a deco frieze.House original

The Vintage Procession

Original · 2026

Ariadne Waking — She wakes on the shore as the god arrives — dawn over a wine-dark sea.House original

Ariadne Waking

Original · 2026

The Wine God Sails — The mast grown into a vine, dolphins at the hull — the myth as a travel poster.House original

The Wine God Sails

Original · 2026

A Vessel in the Form of the God — A terracotta jug modelled as Dionysos himself — you poured the wine from the wine-god.Reproduction

A Vessel in the Form of the God

Greek or Roman, 1st century BCE

The Kantharos — the God’s Own Cup — The two-handled cup Dionysos always holds — modelled here as a satyr and a woman, back to back.Reproduction

The Kantharos — the God’s Own Cup

Attic, ca. 420 BCE

The Chous — the Wine-Jug of the Feast — The little pitcher of the new-wine festival — squat, gripped one-handed, mid-pour.Reproduction

The Chous — the Wine-Jug of the Feast

Attic, ca. 430–420 BCE

The Bell-Krater — The bowl where wine met water — the beating heart of every Greek symposium.Reproduction

The Bell-Krater

Attic red-figure, ca. 450 BCE

The Volute-Krater — The grandest mixing-bowl of all — handles scrolled like a ram’s horns, made to be seen.Reproduction

The Volute-Krater

Attic, ca. 430 BCE

The Black-Figure Krater — Older, darker, sterner — the column-krater of Lydos, from the black-figure dawn.Reproduction

The Black-Figure Krater

Attic black-figure, ca. 550 BCE

The Amphora — The tall jar that held the year’s wine before a single drop was poured.Reproduction

The Amphora

Attic, ca. 550–540 BCE