Zoomorphic Rhyton

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Zoomorphic Rhyton

Place of OriginIran or Central Asia

DatePossibly 7th-8th century

DimensionsH: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); W: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); L: 17.8 cm (7 1/8 in.);

MediumGlass, blown and tooled with applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2055

Not on View

DescriptionGreenish colorless glass; body and applied decoration colorless with greenish tinge (appears light brown); shape of an animal (possibly a horse); spout at front of body; crimped trail around neck; trails form bridle and saddle; opening in center of back; spiral tail; four applied legs probably related to smaller Syrian flasks in animal shapes (so-called "dromedary flasks"), see 1923.2044-1923.2049.

Published ReferencesDolez, Albane, Glass Animals: 3,500 Years of Artistry and Design, New York, 1988, p. 37, repr.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 59, repr. (col.) p. 58.

Exhibition HistoryAnn Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context, May 9 - Sept. 27, 1981, p. 34, no. 12.

New York, Steuben Glass Gallery, Glass Animals, 1988. [no cat. or checklist]

Corning Museum of Glass; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, Glass of the Sultans, 2001-2002, no. 36, p. 118-20, repr. (col.). [not in Athens].