Cypriot bull-shaped clay rhyton

Cypriot bull-shaped clay rhyton of Base-Ring ware. Rhytons, vessels with a hole at top and bottom, were used by cults to offer libations. They often occur in the shape of a bulls head or a whole bull, both in Minoan and Mycenaean art. Late Cypriot II period, 1450-1200 BC. Gift of Chris Bastis. L. 0,132 m., H. 0,115 m. (ΓΕ 31456)