haru-mejiro:Vessels from Centuripe, SicilyThe construction and fugitive decoration of Centuripe vase
haru-mejiro:Vessels from Centuripe, SicilyThe construction and fugitive decoration of Centuripe vases indicate their intended function as grave goods. The painted imagery relates to weddings or the Dionysiac cult, whose mysteries enjoyed great popularity in southern Italy and Sicily, presumably due to the blissful afterlife promised to its initiates.Sources: 1, 2, 3 -- source link