The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Period:: Late Classical
Date:: ca. 350–300 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1955
Accession Number:: 55.11.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 161

Description

Crocodile attacking a black youth

Rhyta in the form of a black youth and a crocodile are known from the workshop of the Athenian potter Sotades, and examples have been found in Italy. Such pieces inspired Apulian and especially Tarentine artists to create their own versions.
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What
Clay (23,630)

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Vases (8,894)

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1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
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