Black-glazed terracotta drinking horn ending in a horned animal head, with a flared red-figure rim decorated with scrolls, on a gray stand.

Greek Terracotta Rhyton with Animal Head

A small Greek terracotta rhyton, its black-glazed animal head modeled with horns, ears and a long snout, rises from a flared red-figure mouth decorated with scrolls and palmettes. The vessel sits on a gray stand against a plain light background, showing its loop handle and worn orange-red surface.

Artist: Ancient Greek
Date: 320-310 BCE
Medium: terracotta, red-figure
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1686 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Chester D. Tripp

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