Art Institute of Chicago

Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in Shape of Sheep's Head

Attributed to the Painter of Leningrad 955LinkedCulture matchlcp-fef0e6a3f771

Date: 320-310 BCE
Medium: terracotta, red-figure
Culture: Southern Italy
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 105545

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Decorated tableware enlivened festive meals, and could have humerous intentions. This vessel fashioned in the shape of a sheep’s head is a special kind of drinking cup that cannot be set down when full, encouraging the guest who held it to drink a great deal of wine.

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Credit line: Bequest of Chester D. Tripp
Provenance: Estate of Chester D. Tripp (July 25, 1882 - December 22, 1974); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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Object type: AAT300193015

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