Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head
Ancient Greek
-480–-470
- Medium
- terracotta, red-figure
- Dimensions
- 20 × 9.3 cm (7 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Diam.: 9.3 cm (3 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- drinking vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
earthenwarevesselanimalsceramicsdrinking vesselmoldinginorganic materialdonkeysDrinkingclassicalancient artforminghigh classicalatticceramicancientred-figureterracotta
About
This drinking cup could not have been set down without its contents spilling. It is fashioned after the head of a bridled donkey with a white muzzle, teeth, and ears. Like the naked satyr chasing a fleeing maenad on the vessel’s neck, the donkey belongs to the retinue of the wine god Dionysos.
