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Everted rim; wide neck; body in the shape of a donkey’s head with plastic ears, mane, eyes, nostrils and mouth; vertical band handle with raised sides from neck to mid-body. Red clay; ochre wash; black glaze; white and red paint. Interior black down to lower body; rim, neck and handle black; seated woman and Eros on one side of neck; tendrils on both sides of handle; bridle painted in black; eyes painted with black and ochre; mane, inside of ears, contours of eyes and muzzle white; red on nostrils and muzzle.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Title: Rhyton.
Description:
Everted rim; wide neck; body in the shape of a donkey’s head with plastic ears, mane, eyes, nostrils and mouth; vertical band handle with raised sides from neck to mid-body.
Red clay; ochre wash; black glaze; white and red paint.
Interior black down to lower body; rim, neck and handle black; seated woman and Eros on one side of neck; tendrils on both sides of handle; bridle painted in black; eyes painted with black and ochre; mane, inside of ears, contours of eyes and muzzle white; red on nostrils and muzzle.
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