Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Unknown Artist
ca. 5th century BCE
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
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Lions