rhyton
- Museum number
- 1842,0407.15
- Description
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Red figured pottery rhyton terminating in a head, half boar and half dog.
Design red on black ground, with yellow accessories; above, egg-moulding; below, astragalus. The boar's head is painted red, the dog's with a white slip on red.
Female figure seated on a rock to left, with hair in a bunch, open beaded cap, earrings, double necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton, and shoes; in right hand a phiale with fruit; below her left hand, a ball. Before her advances a nude youth with fillet and shoes, in left hand a phiale; behind him, a branch and a window; between them, two rosettes; behind the female figure, a window and a branch.
- Production date
- 340BC-320BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 19 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G1/wp60/sh7)
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1842,0407.15
