About this artwork
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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Status
- On View, Gallery 151
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Culture
- Ancient Greek
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Title
- Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in Shape of Sheep's Head
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Place
- Southern Italy (Object made in)
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Date
- 320 BCE–310 BCE
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Medium
- terracotta, red-figure
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Dimensions
- 20.9 × 11.4 × 12 cm (8 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Bequest of Chester D. Tripp
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Reference Number
- 1986.883
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/105545/manifest.json
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