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Rhyton

Unknown-100

Pharmacy Museum

Pharmacy Museum
Lisbon , Portugal

n the form of a horn with a goat shaped finish.
Silver drinking horn with gold applications in the form of a horn with a large and campanula shaped mouth. The lower front displays a goats bust emerging from the curvaceous body of the horn, and their connection line is dissimulated by a fine protrusion. The goat is decorated with a golden foliage, its concave eyes lie under pronounced eyebrows, it has prominent ears and the horns are curved towards the back. It has a small hole in between the front paws for draining liquids. The drinking horns body is decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and lanceolate leaves. An involving golden garland is engraved next to the rim.

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  • Title: Rhyton
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: -100
  • Location: Islam \ Persia
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