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Vessels shaped as bulls, lions, birds, donkeys, and other animals were routinely used to pour and drink liquids at feasts throughout the ancient world. Bringing together animal-shaped vessels from Asia, the Mediterranean, the Near and Far East, and the Americas, this fascinating cross-cultural study is the first large-scale consideration of this phenomenon. Experts from around the world reveal how these entertaining, often extremely lifelike vessels functioned not only as feasting paraphernalia but also as ritual implements, symbols of social status, and objects of artistic exchange and experimentation. Taking up questions ranging from the mechanics of drinking from such unwieldy containers to considerations of what the preference for these shapes says about the nature of human-animal relationships, this books uses a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to offer a unique window onto the experiences of the individuals and communities who raised up these magnificent objects in pleasure and in praise.

Drinking vessels --- Drinking customs --- Decoration and ornament --- Decoration and ornament, Ancient --- History --- Animal forms --- Récipients à boire --- Animaux --- Rhytons. --- Catalogues d'exposition. --- Dans l'art --- Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass.) --- Harvard art museums --- Art, Decorative --- Decorative art --- Decorative design --- Design, Decorative --- Nature in ornament --- Ornament --- Painting, Decorative --- Art --- Decorative arts --- Arts and crafts movement --- Manners and customs --- Drinking horns --- Mazers (Drinking bowls) --- Quaichs --- Beverage containers --- Exhibitions --- Récipients à boire. --- Decoration and ornament, Primitive --- Altertum --- Altertum. --- Brauch. --- Decoration and ornament, Ancient. --- Drinking customs. --- Drinking vessels. --- Décoration et ornement antiques --- Décoration et ornement --- Ess- und Trinksitte. --- Sachkultur. --- Tiergefä�. --- Trinken. --- Trinkgefä�. --- Animal forms. --- Motifs animaux --- To 1500.

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Goldwork, Ancient --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Drinking vessels --- Orfèvrerie antique --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Funérailles --- Récipients à boire --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire --- Calah (Extinct city) --- Assyria --- Calach (Ville ancienne) --- Assyrie --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Calah (Extinct city). --- Orfèvrerie antique --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Funérailles --- Récipients à boire --- Rites et cérémonies --- Antiquités

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Dionysus (Greek deity) --- Wine and wine making --- Wine in art --- Drinking vessels --- Dionysos (Divinité grecque) --- Vin et vinification --- Vin dans l'art --- Récipients à boire --- Art --- Exhibitions. --- Cult --- History --- Expositions --- Culte --- Histoire --- Basilicata (Italy) --- Basilicate (Italie) --- Antiquities --- Exhibitions --- Dionysos (Divinité grecque) --- Récipients à boire --- Dionysus