Zoomorphic Rhyton
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
Collections
Published ReferencesDolez, Albane, Glass Animals: 3,500 Years of Artistry and Design, New York, 1988, p. 37, repr.
- Glass
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].
about 10th century
6th-8th century
1st to 2nd century CE
Probably fourth century
Mid- to late 4th century CE
5th-6th century
Third century
Late 17th century - early 18th century
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