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The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West Back to main page for this exhibition Back to images from this exhibition Back to smaller view of this object Rhyton with Forepart of a Wild Cat, Parthian, 1st century B.C. Iran Gilded silver; H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm) Purchase, Rogers Fund; Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mrs. Muriel Palitz and Geert C.E. Prins Gifts; Pauline V. Fullerton Bequest; and Bequests of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, Edward V. Moore, and Stephen Whitney Phoenix, by exchange, 1979 (1979.447)

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