Item PY5

Dimensions: 48 x 24 cm.  This vintage print has some slight wear around the edges of the border due to age; this does not affect the actual image and will not be visible once the print is properly matted and framed.

The caption on the bottom of the print reads as follows:

Gold Rhyton with Lion

This gold drinking cup probably graced a Persian king's table in the Fifth Century BC. The leonine monster that forms the handle represents a protector-spirit for both the vessel's contents and the royal user.