cma-greek-roman-art: Ram-Head Rhyton, Brygos Painter, c. 480-470 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek
cma-greek-roman-art: Ram-Head Rhyton, Brygos Painter, c. 480-470 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman ArtOn the bowl three men recline at a drinking party (or symposium): a youth wearing a kidaris (a flapped Scythian hat) plays double pipes as a lyre hangs on the wall behind him; a bearded man holds a kylix in his extended right hand; and another bearded man holds a large skyphos to his chest. Before the heads of each symposiast is an identical nonsense inscription. Flanking the handle in the zone to the left, a satyr plays double pipes; in the zone to the right a maenad dances.Size: Overall: 19 x 12.8 cm (7 ½ x 5 1/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 11.4 cm (4 ½ in.)Medium: earthenware with slip decorationhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1988.8 -- source link
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