Vases › Red-figure › Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey...
Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head

Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head

Red-figure the Painter of London E 55 · 480-470 BCE
<p>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.</p>
Technique
Red-figure
Date
480-470 BCE
Culture
Athens
Painter
the Painter of London E 55
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
D: 9.30 cm
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1905.345
Image Source
chicago_cc0

Related Vases

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)