Detail View: The AMICA Library: Drinking Vessel
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1905.345
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Douris
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Greek; fl. 500-460 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Douris Douris
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Greek (Attic)
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Title:
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Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Drinking Vessel
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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side view
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Creation Date:
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High Classical Period, c. 460 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-465
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Creation End Date:
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-455
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Materials and Techniques:
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Earthenware, red-figure technique
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Classification Term:
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Vessel
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Subject Description:
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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.
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Creation Place:
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Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Greece
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Dimensions:
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H.: 20 cm (7-1/8 in.)Diam.: 9.3 cm (3-3/4 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1905.345
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E23942.TIF
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