South Italian, Apulian, Tarentine / c. 340 BCE
Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman as ceramic (South Italian, Apulian, Tarentine · c. 340 BCE).
The cow-head rhyton was the most popular of all Apulian animal-head rhyta .
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as ceramic.
The museum's collection notes: Rhyta (drinking horns) in the forms of animal heads were popular ceramic products in Apulia c. 350-320 BC. Mold-made heads were attached to wheel-made bowls, with separately made handles (plus ears and horns, for this cow). On the bowl, a seated woman holds a helmet and spear, with a shield nearby; she may represent Athena, although the helmet differs from her usual type and she does not appear to wear her snaky aegis (breastplate).
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The Cleveland Museum of ArtRed-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated WomanOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.