Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Silver, mercury gilding
- Dimensions
- 11 3/16 × 5 3/16 × 11 7/8 in. (28.4 × 13.1 × 30.2 cm)
- Origin
- Parthian
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- 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 C. Moore and Stephen Whitney Phoenix, by exchange, 1979
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The title identifies a wild cat, the catalog lists cats as a subject, and the lower end visibly takes the form of a feline forepart with a head, ears, open mouth, forelegs, and paws.
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Flora Both · 90%
Grapes are listed as a cataloged subject and grape clusters with leafy or vine-like forms are visible in the gilded decoration on the animal body and upper band.
Visual Qualities
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 99%
The long body follows a pronounced sweeping curve from the broad rim to the animal-form termination.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 92%
The feline head, paws, grape ornament, bands, and rim are rendered with extensive modeled and raised detail.
Medium and Techniques
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Gold Leaf and Gilding Both · 95%
The medium is recorded as mercury gilding, and localized warm yellow-gold areas are visibly present in the ornament.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 98%
The object is dated circa the 1st century BCE, placing it within the catalog's ancient-art period.
Materials
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Silver Metadata · 99%
The museum records the primary material as silver.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vessel Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a rhyton, and the image clearly shows a hollow vessel with a broad open rim.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.