WAITING FOR HIS MASTER’S COMMAND. This fifth-century B.C. “plastic” (from the Greek plasso, or “to mold”) rhyton, or drinking cup, in the shape of a dog’s head is attributed to the Brygos Painter from Athens, Greece. The Brygos Painter was a prolific decorator of pots and cups, with over 200 vessels attributed to him. The rhyton is molded from two separate pieces (the seam runs from the top of the dog’s cranium to below his neck) and is intricately decorated from tendons that bulge at the dog’s throat to the whiskers on his nose. The broad red line circling […]
