Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)
Attributed to the Cow-Head Group
The molded part is in the form of a cow's head. On the wheel-made lip, women and youths.
The molded, figural part of the vase is in the shape of a cow's head. The meaning of these plastic vases is difficult to grasp. To some degree, the animal forms hark back to the prototypes that came to Greece from the East. By the classical period, however, the criteria for selection probably included novelty and, it would seem, a contrast to the usual surroundings of an urban, Athenian symposiast (participant in a drinking party).
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