About This Artwork

Greek, Attica
Attributed to Douris, painter

Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head, c. 460 B.C.

Terracotta, red-figure technique
Height: 20 cm (7 1/8 in.); Width of ears: 11.3 cm (4 1/2 in.); Diameter of rim: 9.3 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Museum Purchase Fund, 1905.345

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 - February 2012.

Publication History

Pedley, John Griffiths. Ancient Art at The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1994. Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 41-43 (ill.).