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Ram's head rhyton with a seated youth receiving shield and spear from a woman
Greek
Classical Period
about 460–450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure technique
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); diameter: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.38
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRam's Head
[Label text]:
This drinking horn, or rhyton, is an elaborate vessel in the shape of a ram's head. On the rim of the rhyton is a seated youth and a woman holding a spear and a shield. It is possible that this is a representation of Achilles and his mother Thetis, giving him the armor made by the god Hephaestus.
[Label text]:
This drinking horn, or rhyton, is an elaborate vessel in the shape of a ram's head. On the rim of the rhyton is a seated youth and a woman holding a spear and a shield. It is possible that this is a representation of Achilles and his mother Thetis, giving him the armor made by the god Hephaestus.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Rome, said to be from Campania (probably Carti or Capua), but it seemed that it could be traced to Greece); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)