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Rhyton à protomé de chat sauvage

ca. 1st century BCE
Not on view
Les cornes à boire et les rhytons, c’est-à-dire les vases percés d’une ouverture à l’avant pour permettre l’écoulement du liquide, étaient grandement appréciés dans le Proche-Orient ancien. Celui-ci se termine en protomé (partie antérieure) de chat sauvage, peut-être de panthère. Le bec est au centre de la poitrine, qui est drapée d’une guirlande de lierre et de grappes de raisin. Panthère, lierre, vigne et raisins sont des symboles associés à Dionysos, dieu grec de la fertilité et du vin. Par sa forme et son imagerie, ce rhyton réunit des éléments proche-orientaux et grecs, et témoigne du large spectre des influences et des échanges culturels de l’époque.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Rhyton à protomé de chat sauvage
  • Période: Période parthe
  • Date: v. 100 av. J.-C.–100 apr. J.-C.
  • Aire géographique: Iran
  • Technique: Argent, dorure au mercure
  • Dimensions: H. 27,5 cm
  • Crédits: Achat, fonds Rogers ; don de Enid A. Haupt, MmeDonald M. Oenslager, MmeMuriel Palitz et Geert C. E. Prins ; legs de Pauline V. Fullerton ; legs de Mary Cushing Fosburgh, Edward C. Moore, et Stephen Whitney Phoenix ; échange 1979
  • Accession Number: 1979.447
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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