Silver and Gold Bowl with Dionysos and Ariadne in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Bowl with Dionysos and Ariadne
Greek, from Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), 150-100 BC
Silver and gold

Inventory # 83.AM.369

A youthful Dionysos and Ariadne are framed by grapevines and accompanied by a seated silen (an older satyr). Ariadne, a princess from Crete, became the god's consort after the Greek hero Theseus abandoned her on the island of Naxos. The detailed relief decoration and extensive gilding are indicative of the taste of wealthy families for expensive metal tableware.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.