Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat

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Yearc. 1st century BC
MediumSilver with mercury gilt
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat
Yearc. 1st century BC
MediumSilver with mercury gilt
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has in its collection a 1st-century rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat. The silver drinking vessel, which depicts a wild cat, is attributed to the Parthian Empire.[1]

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