Rhyton
58-29-3
From: Italy | South Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 58-29-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Bull | Youth | Garland | Phiale |
| Description | Intact. Lower end in form of a bull's head; above, on the cup wall, a nude youth moving left, a wreath in his right hand, a tray of cakes (?) in his left. He looks back. Chlamys draped over lower left arm. Spots of added white. At either side, on the handle, a palmette. The inside glazed and somewhat encrusted. Good black glaze, rather dull; where the glaze has peeled aaway it appears to have been applied over a white slip. |
| Length | 17.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958 |
| Other Number | '82-25 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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