Title
Fluted silver drinking horn
Caption
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.
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP11A03_341
License type
Rights managed
Available size
51,2Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,0in x 16,6in / 3600 x 4968 (300dpi)