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Lamp in the taste of white, blue and gold-edged Paris porcelain. Grisaille decoration depicting a "Bacchanalian" scene, with a reclining woman surrounded by putti, grapes and tambourines.
Late 19th century
Dimensions: With shade: H 55.5 cm, diameter: 29 cm
Without shade (vase alone): H 33.5, circumference: 52, neck diameter: 14, foot diameter: 11.3 cm
Bacchanalia were religious festivals celebrated in ancient times.
In the Greek and Roman world, bacchanals were festivities linked to the Dionysian mysteries in honor of the god Bacchus or Dionysus (divinity of the vine and wine), during which people drank to excess.
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