Art Institute of Chicago
Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in Shape of Sheep's Head
Attributed to the Painter of Leningrad 955
- Date
- 320-310 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, red-figure
- Culture
- Southern Italy
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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