Dog-headed Rhyton

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Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 15 September 2020
Dog-headed Rhyton Download Full Size Image

Red-figured pottery rhyton terminating in a dog's head depicting Eros seated on a rock to the right looking towards the left holding a bunch of grapes in his right hand and in his left a wreath from which hangs a taenia, in the field is flowers, plants and two rosettes; marked around the rim with egg moulding and on either side of the design with palmettes, the dog's head is painted black and the eyes are red with black markings; yellow accessories.
Made in Apulia, c. 320-310 BCE.

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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2020, September 15). Dog-headed Rhyton. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12747/dog-headed-rhyton/

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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Dog-headed Rhyton." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 15, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12747/dog-headed-rhyton/.

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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Dog-headed Rhyton." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Sep 2020. Web. 27 Jul 2024.

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