In ancient times, wine was thought to bring out the wild side of people, temporarily freeing them from the rules and structure of civilized life. This "rhyton," a drinking cup, is formed of two animals' heads: More
Rhyton in griffin form, Greek, Apulia, c. 350-300 BC; Ceramic Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; anonymous loan; object number 62.2009.3
Vase with dog's head. Circa 480 BC. Athens. Terracotta. Campana collection purchase 1861. Hermitage museum (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). GR 4752. Français : Vase plastique (fait à partir d'argile) - tête de chi More
Rhyton in the form of the head of a horse or donkey, with red-figure satyr and maenad on the neck
Rhyton in the form of a ship
Français : Rhyton en forme de tête de cheval, 4ème siècle - JC, musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
Lion's head shaped rhyton, by Douris, 470-480 BC. Painting : a woman chasing a boy. From Athens, found at Capua. British Museum, room 20a, showcase 13.
Exhibit in the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
Plastic rhyton with donkey's head, by the Bordeaux Painter, from Athens, about 460 BC. Found at Nola. British Museum, room 20a, showcase 14. Beazley Archive
Red-figure rhyton in the shape of a ram. Polski: Ryton czerwonofigurowy w kształcie głowy barana.
Boar rhyton. Mycenaean ceramic imported by Ugarit. Found in the acropolis of Ras Shamra. Français : Rhyton en forme de tête de sanglier. Céramique mycénienne importée par Ugarit. Provenance : acropole de Ras Shamra.
Exhibit in the Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany.
Exhibit in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums.
Français : Rhyton en forme de tête de vache, coll. Petit Palais (Paris).
Français : Rhyton en forme de tête de cerf. Coll. Petit Palais (Paris).
Deutsch: Rhyton in From eines Krokodils, das einen Negerknaben gepackt hat, 460-450 v. Chr. English: Rhyton in shape of negroid child devoured by a crocodile, 460–450 BC. Français : Rhyton en forme d'enfant More
Two draped ephebes surrounding a fleeing woman. Attic red-figure ram's head rhyton, ca. 470–460 BC. From Nola? Français : Deux éphèbes drapés entourant une femme en fuite. Rhyton attique à figures rouges en f More
Red-figure rhyton in the shape of a galloping horse protome. Terracotta, made in Canosa (Lucania), 4th century BC. Français : Rhyton à figures rouges en forme de protomé de cheval au galop. Terre cuite, produ More
Crocodile devouring an African boy. Apulian red-figured plastic rhyton, ca. 340 BC. From Capua. Français : Crocodile dévorant un jeune Africain. Rython plastique apulien à figures rouges, vers 340 av. J.-C. P More
Rhyton en forme de tête de sanglier. Apulie, 4ème siècle - JC. Musée de Laon.
Interior view of the main library at the Casa Grande, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, USA. Photograph was permitted without restriction in and around the castle. All artwork is old enough so that it is More