EditorialRhyton (drinking vessel) in form of a hedgehog. From the Aegean, found in Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria. Late Bronze, 14th-12th BCE Terracotta, H: 12 cm, L: 23,5 cm AO 18573.
EditorialPersian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialGold rhyton in the shape of a lion head. Grave of the Circle A. Grave IV. 16th century BC. From Mycenae, Greece. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialPompeii. House of the Vettii. Lararium. Two Lares, holding a rhyton, flank a genius with a libation bowl and incense box, his head covered for a sacrifice. The snake, associated with the prosperity, approaches an altar. The tympanum shows a patera, an ...