Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton

500–700 Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.96

Recalling both Greek and Iranian traditions of head vases and rhyta (drinking horns), this unusual silver vessel combines the heads of a woman and a water buffalo. A filling hole on top and a pouring or drinking spout in front make clear its function. An inscription in Middle...

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