Greek, Attic / c. 480–470 BCE
Red-Figure Ram-Head Rhyton (Drinking Vessel): Symposiasts; Satyr and Maenad
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Red-Figure Ram-Head Rhyton (Drinking Vessel): Symposiasts; Satyr and Maenad as ceramic (Greek, Attic · c. 480–470 BCE).
This vessel once had a foot, but only a bit of its stem remains.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as ceramic and credits Brygos Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 490–470 BCE).
The museum's collection notes: Although now missing nearly half of its mold-made ram’s head, this rhyton , a kind of drinking horn, retains most of its painted red-figure sections. On the wheel-made bowl above, three symposiasts recline at a drinking party: a youth wearing a kidaris (flapped Scythian hat) and two bearded men holding drinking cups. The youth plays the pipes, while a lyre hangs nearby and one man throws his head back in song. The letters around them, which do not spell out known words, may allude to the music in the air. Flanking the handle are a pipe-playing satyr and a dancing maenad (only partially preserved).
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
The Cleveland Museum of ArtRed-Figure Ram-Head Rhyton (Drinking Vessel): Symposiasts; Satyr and MaenadOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.