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Rhyton in the Form of a Saiga Antelope Head in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2008

Rhyton in the Form of a Saiga Antelope Head in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2008
Rhyton in the Form of a Saiga Antelope Head
Gilded silver
Poland, Volhynia, Choniakow
Sasanian period, 5th-6th century AD

Accession # 47.100.82

This vessel is influenced by Sasanian silver prototypes and demonstrates the diffusion of Near Eastern vessel types and artistic styles in Eastern Europe.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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