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Ritone con base a forma di busto felino

ca. 1st century BCE
Not on view
Calici e ritoni o rhyta, ovvero vasi a forma di corno slanciato che sul davanti si trasformano in animale con un’apertura da cui si versavano liquidi, erano ritenuti oggetti di grande valore nel Vicino Oriente. Il corno qui raffigurato termina a forma di busto di felino, forse una pantera, e presenta al centro del torace un beccuccio per versare, ornato da una ghirlanda di edera e vite. La pantera, l’edera e le viti con i grappoli d’uva sono tutti simboli di Dioniso, il dio greco della fertilità e del vino. Per la sua forma e decorazioni, questo ritone combina elementi del Vicino Oriente e della Grecia, testimoniando l’ampia portata dei rapporti e delle influenze culturali in questo periodo.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Ritone con base a forma di busto felino
  • Periodo: Periodo dei Parti
  • Data: ca. 100 a.C.-100 d.C.
  • Area geografica: Iran
  • Materiale e tecnica: Argento, doratura al mercurio
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 27,5 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, Rogers Fund; donazioni di Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mrs. Muriel Palitz e Geert C. E. Prins; lascito di Pauline V. Fullerton; lasciti di Mary Cushing Fosburgh, Edward C. Moore e Stephen Whitney Phoenix, con permuta, 1979
  • Numero d'inventario: 1979.447
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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