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Rhyton
Potter: Sotades
Greek
about 440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
15 x 27.5 cm (5 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Austin Chinn, Esq.
Accession Number1970.471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe ancient parts include the head and body back to the forelegs on the left side, to the middle of the neck on the right. Right leg and bit of underbody; left rear of the rump and tail, left foot (left rear hoof). Fleece represented in relief-dotting.
Plaster restoration (body too long). Pour hole in mouth is incorrect; prob. spout as on K. Untied piece.
Plaster restoration (body too long). Pour hole in mouth is incorrect; prob. spout as on K. Untied piece.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Herbert A. Cahn Collection (said by him to have been acquired from an old French Collection); by date unknown: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; date unknown: with Origins, Newbury Street, Boston; date unknown: purchased from Origins by Austin Chinn; gift of Austin Chinn to MFA, September 16, 1970