Vessel with a Handle in the Form of a Ram in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2008

Vessel with a Handle in the Form of a Ram
Ceramic, paint
Iran
8th-7th century BC

Accession # 1992.52.1

This object reflects an Achaemenid tradition of silver and gold vessels incorporating animal forms. Fluted vessels with two animal handles are known in metal, but few with a single animal handle survive.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.