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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 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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