Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature

Unknown Artist

ca. 5th century BCE

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

6 11/16 × 5 7/16 × 3 5/8 in., 2.1 lb. (17 × 13.8 × 9.2 cm, 1 kg)

Classification

Metalwork-Vessels

Culture & Period

Achaemenid · Achaemenid

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1954

Accession Number

54.3.3

Tags

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