Parthian Rhyton (150 BC - AD 225), Iran
A drinking vessel with animal details ("rhyton"). In Iran, such vessels were most widely made during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), though the lifelike animal details as seen in this one date from the later Parthian Empire (247 BC - AD 224).
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Parthian Rhyton (150 BC - AD 225), Iran
A drinking vessel with animal details ("rhyton"). In Iran, such vessels were most widely made during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), though the lifelike animal details as seen in this one date from the later Parthian Empire (247 BC - AD 224).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Uploaded on July 4, 2011
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