Cleveland Museum of Art
Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman
- Date
- c. 340 BCE
- Medium
- ceramic
- Culture
- South Italian, Apulian, Tarentine
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Rhyta (drinking horns) in the forms of animal heads were popular ceramic products in Apulia c. 350-320 BC. Mold-made heads were attached to wheel-made bowls, with separately made handles (plus ears and horns, for this cow). On the bowl, a seated woman holds a helmet and spear, with a shield nearby; she may represent Athena, although the helmet differs from her usual type and she does not appear to wear her snaky aegis (breastplate). The cow-head rhyton was the most popular of all Apulian animal-head rhyta .
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