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Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Red-figure Attributed to the Cow-Head Group · ca. 460 BCE

Rhyton in the form of a bull's head. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906. Gallery 157.

Attribution History

Current

Met Museum catalogue

Attributed: Attributed to the Cow-Head Group

Source: met_import

Bibliography

3 references

Books & Monographs

Picon, C.A., Mertens, J.R., et al., Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome (New York, 2007) (2007) — 124, NO.136 (COLOUR OF PART)

Catalogues & Reference Works

Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971) (1971) — 417

Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 777.2

Provenance

2 recorded events

Discovery

Vulci, Etruria, Italy

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First recorded

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Current location

Technique

Red-figure

Period

Classical

Date

ca. 460 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Attributed to the Cow-Head Group

Attribution

Attributed

Findspot

Vulci, Etruria, Italy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number

06.1021.203

Image Source

met_cc0

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