Rhyton with Zoomorphic Spout

Object Details

• Description

  An oval vessel with a gently constricted cylindrical neck that opens with a slightly flaring, plain rim. A simple band handle extends from just below the rim to the shoulder. Opposite the handle, a long spout ending in the head of an animal, probably a ram, is drawn out from the side of the vessel. The vessel rests in part on two stubby feet drawn out below the zoomorphic spout.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran (September 8, 2018 to November 24, 2020)

• Origin

  Northwestern Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s, 200s

• Topic

  Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE), Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)