Parthian Rhyton (150 BC - AD 225), Iran. A drinking vessel with animal details (“rhyton&am
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). Courtesy & currently located at the LACMA, USA. Photo taken by InSapphoWeTrust. -- source link
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