Object Image

Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Unknown Artist

In front of the round shield that is resting on the ground, toes of a a left foot; part of a spear; lower drapery, foot, and spear or stick of a male to left; below, an egg pattern with dots in the interstices

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

Second quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.2.1232
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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