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| Keywords: Sotades Painter - Red-Figure Rhyton - Walters 482050 - Side A.jpg 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 the left half a ram and the right half a donkey Double-faced vases like this one evoked characteristics viewed as polar opposites Rams were prized for religious sacrifices while donkeys symbols of potent sexuality were never sacrificed because their flesh was too tough Around the neck of the cub is a scene of satyrs cavorting ca 450 BC Classical red-figure ceramic cm 17 5 11 7 ; cm 11 diam accession number 48 2050 20024 Nicolas Koutoulakis Galerie Segredakis Paris Walters Art Museum 1952 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1952 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ram shaped Rhyton by the Sotades Painter in Baltimore Ancient Greek pottery rhyta | ||||
