Drinking Vessel

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1905.345

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AIC_.1905.345

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Douris

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Douris

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

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European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Greek; fl. 500-460 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

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Greek; fl. 500-460 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Douris Douris

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Douris Douris

Creator Name-CRT

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

crc

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

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Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Greek (Attic)

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Greek (Attic)

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

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

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

Title

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Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

false

Title:

Drinking Vessel

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Drinking Vessel

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

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alternate

Title Type

false

View:

side view

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side view

View

false

Creation Date:

High Classical Period, c. 460 B.C.

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High Classical Period, c. 460 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-465

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-465

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-455

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-455

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware, red-figure technique

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Earthenware, red-figure technique

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Vessel

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Vessel

Classification Term

false

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.

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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.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Greece

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Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Greece

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H.: 20 cm (7-1/8 in.)Diam.: 9.3 cm (3-3/4 in.)

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H.: 20 cm (7-1/8 in.)Diam.: 9.3 cm (3-3/4 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1905.345

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1905.345

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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