Ram-head rhyton

Unknown (Greek)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
ca. 480-470 BCE
Height:
19.0 cm  (7 1/2 in.)
Width:
12.8 cm  (5 1/16 in.)
Diameter of rim: 11.4 cm
Technique / Medium:
earthenware with slip decoration

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1988.8]

Description

Around the outside rim, a reclining boy or woman plays a double aulos which partially obscures a lyre in the black background. At the back, between the ram's left horn and the handle, a walking man plays a double aulos.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173] (double)
Lyre [3501] (7 strings)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2200