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Douris

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FROLICKING SATYRS c. 480 BCE. Red-figure decoration on a psykter. Ceramic, height 11-5/16" (28.7 cm). British Museum, London.

Douris was a prolific Early Classical artist with over 40 surviving pots.
The Frolicking Satyrs psykter was designed to make the satyrs seem to be walking in circles.
Psykters were wine coolers made to float in a krater, reserved for symposia.
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