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Source Description
<em>Rhyta </em>(drinking horns) in the forms of animal heads were popular ceramic products in Apulia c. 350-320 BC. Mold-made heads were attached to wheel-made bowls, with separately made handles (plus ears and horns, for this cow). On the bowl, a seated woman holds a helmet and spear, with a shield nearby; she may represent Athena, although the helmet differs from her usual type and she does not appear to wear her snaky aegis (breastplate).
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150987
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Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman
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150987
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Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman
description
<em>Rhyta </em>(drinking horns) in the forms of animal heads were popular ceramic products in Apulia c. 350-320 BC. Mold-made heads were attached to wheel-made bowls, with separately made handles (plus ears and horns, for this cow). On the bowl, a seated woman holds a helmet and spear, with a shield nearby; she may represent Athena, although the helmet differs from her usual type and she does not appear to wear her snaky aegis (breastplate).
date
c. 340 BCE
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CC0
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en
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Q60760138
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
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South Italian, Apulian, Tarentine
accession
1982.41
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Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman, c. 340 BCE. South Italian, Apulian, Tarentine. Ceramic; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1982.41
collection
GR - South Italy
didYouKnow
The cow-head <em>rhyton </em>was the most popular of all Apulian animal-head <em>rhyta</em>.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 1002930
citation
André Emmerich Gallery. <em>Classical Antiquities. </em>New York: André Emmerich Gallery, Inc, 1981.
page_number
no. 52
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Boger, Ann C. Consuming Passions: <em>The Art of Food and Drink : [Exhibition] the Cleveland Museum of Art, July 26-October 9, 1983. </em>[Cleveland]: Extensions Division, Dept. of Art History and Education, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983.
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p. 50, no. 2
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"Annual Report for 1982." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 6 (1983).
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p. 50, no. 2
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Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
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pp. 54-55, PL.(1846) 100.1-3
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:47:47.758000
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150987
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - South Italy
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ceramic
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