Red-Figure Cow-Head Rhyton (Drinking Horn): Seated Woman. c. 340 BC. Ceramic, Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Collection: GR - South Italy; Department: Greek and Roman Art; Gallery: 102D Pre-Roman; Provenance: description: André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art; date: ?-1982; description: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; date: 1982-; John L. Severance Fund. https://jstor.org/stable/community.24616699.
“Rhyta (drinking horns) in the forms of animal heads were popular ceramic products in Apulia c. 350-320 BC. Mold-made heads were attached to wheel-made bowls, with separately made handles (plus ears and horns, for this cow). On the bowl, a seated woman holds a helmet and spear, with a shield nearby; she may represent Athena, although the helmet differs from her usual type and she does not appear to wear her snaky aegis (breastplate).”
