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Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the form of a Griffin with Design of Nike on an Eros
Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the form of a Griffin with Design of Nike on an Eros

Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the form of a Griffin with Design of Nike on an Eros

Dateca. 350 - 330 B.C.
Object number67.120
Published ReferencesHolo, Selma, Unpublished Apulian Rhyta, in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 92, illus. p. 94, figs. 20-22 Bliquez, Lawrence J. Classical Vases and Containers in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1985, no. 22, p. 27
Credit LineNorman and Amelia Davis Classical Collection
Dimensions4 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (11.4 x 19.5 x 9.5 cm)
MediumCeramic
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
538 - 331 B.C.
Object number: 68.1
Stone Fragment:  Eros with a Fish
Egyptian
5th-6th century
Object number: 46.101
Tanagra Group of Eros and Aphrodite
Greek
3rd century B.C.
Object number: 46.197
Eros Hoop Earrings
ca. 2nd century B.C.
Object number: 63.120
Drinking Vessel:  Kyathos
Etruscan
600-575 B.C.
Object number: 63.90
Rhyton
Iranian
10th-9th century B.C.
Object number: 68.8
Griffin Head from a Pottery Cauldron
Etruscan
6th-7th century B.C.
Object number: 65.42
Kotyle (drinking cup)
Greek
600-575 B.C.
Object number: 42.9
Drinking bowl with griffin
Persian
Object number: 65.31
Attic stater with Athena in Corinthian helmet (obv.) and Nike (rev.)
Greek, Macedonia (modern Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
336 - 323 B.C.
Object number: 62.181
Vessel in form of a bird
Iranian
ca. 1000 B.C.
Object number: 63.173