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Ancient Greek rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a donkey's head, Athens, 480-470 BCE
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Ancient Greek rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a donkey's head, Athens, 480-470 BCE
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Rhyton (silver with mercury gilding and glass inlays) in the shape of a woman and water buffalo, from the Sasanian Persian Empire. Artist unknown; 7th century AD/CE. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
▪︎ Drinking vessel belonging to Basel’s shoemakers’ guild.
Place of origin: Basel, Switzerland
Date: 1661
Medium: Leather, mouthpiece made of gold-plated silver.
#MetalMonday:
Silver Ram’s Head Rhyton, c. 700-600 BCE, from Ziwiye (Iran)
On display at Penn Museum
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<p>The mountains of western Iran are today the home of sheep-herding tribesmen as they have been since animals were first […]</p>
Sea unicorn as a drinking vessel, Elias Geyer, 1600 AD. Silver, gilded. Leipzig, Germany.
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Rhyton Terminating in the Forepart of a Wild Cat
Iran, Parthian, ca. 1st century BCE
Dating from the Parthian period, this silver rhyton is a fine example of the enduring influence of Hellenistic culture, which owes much to the artistic traditions of Achaemenid Iran. The horn-shaped vessel ends in the forepart of a panther; a spout for pouring is in the middle of the chest. A gilded fruit-laden grapevine winds around the panther's chest; at the other end of the rhyton, an ivy wreath encircles the rim. These are the symbols of the Greek wine god Dionysus, whose cult spread eastward with the invasion of Alexander. Dionysiac images—panthers, grapevines, and dancing females—were absorbed by the Parthians and continued to appear in the art of Near Eastern cultures in the Sasanian period (A.D. 224–651).
Reconstruction of an Iron Age Drinking Vessel (Bronze and Leather) found at Beeston Iron Age Hillfort, Tarporley
TOP: An ancient Greek kylix showing a baby sitting in his pottychair and calling to his mother.
ca. 480 BCE, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
BOTTOM: A 6th-century BCE potty found in the Athenian Agora.