COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1905.345
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Douris
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Dates/Places:
Greek; fl. 500-460 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
Creator Name-CRT:
Douris Douris
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Dates/Places:
Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek (Attic)
Title:
Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head
Title Type:
preferred
Title:
Drinking Vessel
Title Type:
alternate
View:
side view
Creation Date:
High Classical Period, c. 460 B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-465
Creation End Date:
-455
Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware, red-figure technique
Classification Term:
Vessel
Subject Description:
This rhyton is in the shape of the head of a donkey. Calligraphic red-figure palmettes flank the handle on the frieze below the rim, while the figured scene shows a satyr and a maenad. He is bearded but baldish, with characteristic satyr's ear and tail; she wears old fashioned garments (archaic chiton and transverse himation) and waves a thyrsos. In this period, the rhyton was used as a drinking horn, and thus it would have been appropriate to decorate it with a Dionysiac scene.
Creation Place:
Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Greece
Dimensions:
H.: 20 cm (7-1/8 in.)Diam.: 9.3 cm (3-3/4 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1905.345
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E23942.TIF
