Bull's Head Rhyton
Datecirca 340–320 BCE
MediumRed-figure ceramic with added white paint
DimensionsL. 8 x H. 5 3/4 x W. (across ears) 6/14 in. (20.3 x 14.6 x 15.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from various donors, by exchange
Object number91.11
On View
On viewProvenanceWith Merrin Gallery, New York, by 1990; Sale, New York, Sotheby's, June 18, 1991, lot 163 (illus.); sold to NCMA.
Published References"Antiquities," (auction catalogue) (New York: Sotheby’s, June 18, 1991), no. 163, illus.
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia (London: Institute of Classical Studies, 1991), p190, no. 109a.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1478 (March 1992), 55. illus. fig. 182.
Mary Ellen Soles, "Rhyton, a Classical Drinking Vessel," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1992), 20-21, illus. (b-w) 20 and cover, (b-w detail) 21.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998.)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
Object Rights Statement
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.
