Ancient Greek. Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head. 480 BC–470 BC. Athens. terracotta, decorated in the red-figure technique This drinking cup could not have been set down without its contents spilling. It is fashioned after the head of a bridled donkey with a white muzzle, teeth, and ears. Like the naked satyr chasing a fleeing maenad on the vessel’s neck, the donkey belongs to the retinue of the wine god Dionysos.

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