Lot Essay
For bull rhyta see pl. 44-47 in Hoffman, Tarentine Rhyta.
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OTHER PROPERTIES
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE RHYTON
CIRCA 360-350 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE RHYTON
circa 360-350 b.c.
Molded in the form of a bull's head, with ribbed brow and modelled poll, black-glazed except for the interior of the ears, the nostrils, and the eyes, the irises and pupils in black, the bowl with flaring lip, painted with a standing maenad wearing a peplos, a tambourine in her left hand, a thyrsos in her right, palmettes on either side, a band of dotted egg on the rim, a strap handle in back
8in. (20.3cm.) long
circa 360-350 b.c.
Molded in the form of a bull's head, with ribbed brow and modelled poll, black-glazed except for the interior of the ears, the nostrils, and the eyes, the irises and pupils in black, the bowl with flaring lip, painted with a standing maenad wearing a peplos, a tambourine in her left hand, a thyrsos in her right, palmettes on either side, a band of dotted egg on the rim, a strap handle in back
8in. (20.3cm.) long