Wine Grape (Gilded Basrelief in Ceramic) sale painted with glazes and modeled

painted with glazes and modeled folllowing traditional techniques

handcrafted sculpture in terracotta

It depicts a Maenad

The bas-relief represents the goddess Venus

half-human creatures

Wine Grape (Gilded Basrelief in Ceramic) sale painted with glazes and modeledRefined sculpture in ceramic, painted with glazes, modelled and gilded following traditional techniques. Symbol of prosperity and cheerfulness, but also of forgetfulness and ecstasy, wine grapes have always had a religious meaning. Described in ancient Egyptian myths and, according to the Bible, "invented" by patriarch Noah, sacred to Dionysus, but important part of Christian liturgy too, wine was in ancient times not just a pleasure to share with