Sujet
Fluted silver drinking horn
Légende
Fluted silver drinking horn (rhyton) with partial gilding / Achaemenid Persian / 5th-4th century BC. from Erzincan / Turkey. This elaborate silver vessel would originally have been used both as a drinking cup and as a pourer for wine. It was made in two parts and is decorated with the head and forequarters of a griffin. The pair of holes in the griffin's chest could be closed by the drinker's fingers / or opened to allow the wine to flow through. The wings and other parts are gilded.
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP11A03_341
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,2Mo (1,7Mo) / 30,5cm x 42,1cm / 3600 x 4968 (300dpi)