A Campanian Red-Figured Bell Krater, attributed to the CA Painter, Symposium-Spinazzo Sub-group, circa 340-320 B.C.

painted with a maenad and two satyrs dancing on a rocky ground line, the maenad holding a thyrsos high over her shoulder and a situla in her left hand, one satyr dancing toward her in an expressive pose with his left hand on his chest and a phiale in his hand, the satyr behind her holding a drinking horn and situla, a youth and two ladies on the reverse, the details in added white, yellow, and golden-brown wash.

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, acquired in 1819 (Christie’s, London, Greek and Etruscan Vases from Nostell Priory, April 30th, 1975, no. 39, illus.)
Long Island Private Collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 124, illus.)
Japanese Private Collection

Abbé H. Campbell, no. 35
A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford, 1967, p. 461, no. 77

Very good and intact. There is a considerable amount of misfiring on the reverse. The white pigment used for the skin of the maenad and the golden-brown pigment for the situla she holds is somewhat darkened and worn.
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Attributed by A.D. Trendall to the CA Painter, Symposium-Spinazzo Sub-group.