Rhyton in the form of a Saiga antelope head
Unknown Artist
ca. 5th–6th century CE
Medium
Silver-gilt
Dimensions
12 1/16 × 5 15/16 × 7 3/16 in. (30.7 × 15.1 × 18.3 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Vessels
Culture & Period
Sasanian · Sasanian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.82
Tags
Animals