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Fragmentary terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)
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Fragmentary terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

ca. 460–450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

H. 5 in. (12.7 cm) length 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1906

Classification

Vases

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Culture

Greek, Attic

Period

Classical

Rights

Public Domain

About Sotades Painter

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The work of the Sotades Painter is found on a wide variety of rare shapes, including an astragalos depicting a man leading a group of dancing women. He is also responsible for decorating a unique set of white-ground cups commissioned for placement in a tomb. He used fine outline drawing to depict remarkably fluid action. The vibrancy of the extensive polychromy, albeit faded, is still apparent.

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