Rape of Europa Europe and Bull God Zeus Vase Ancient Greek Pottery Ceramic

* MADE IN GREECE – HANDMADE – HAND PAINTED * 

Dimensions (approximately): 

Height :  32 cm         (12.6 in) 

width:     17 cm         (6.7 in)

Net Weight:  1,3  kgr    (2.87 lb)

Material: Clay – Genuine Ceramic

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

Side A: Europa being abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull.  The scene with Europa and bull is a copy of the painting on a 5th century BCE Greek red figure vase which is exhibited in The Tarquinia National Museum in Italy.  

Side B: Zeus pursues the nymph Aegina. The god is crowned with a wreath of olive-leaves and holds a royal, lotus-tipped scepter in one hand. The scene is a copy of the painting on a 5th century BCE Greek red figure lekythos, attributed to the Achilles Painter, which is exhibited  in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.