Bacchic wine cup

silver wine cup with Bacchic revels

You are amazed by the intricate and exquisite relief carving on this beautiful wine cup, packed with Bacchic symbols, including clever representations of other types of containers for wine--a wine skin, mixing vessels, and drinking horns. Indeed, this is a cup for a true lover of wine, though you secretly wonder how comfortable it would be for drinking because of all the elaborate carving, even on the rim.