Persian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

5TH BCE • 5TH CENTURY B. C. • 5TH CENTURY • 5TH-CENTURY BC • ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ACHAEMENID • ACTING • AMERICA • AMERICAN • AMERICANS • AMERICAS • AMPOULE • AMPULLA • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT • ANIMAL: LION • ANT. OR.: ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ANTIQUE • AQUEMENIDA • AQUEMENIDAS • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGICAL • ARCHEOLOGY • ART • ARTFORM: GOLDWORK • ARTS • B. C. • BASIN • BEAKER, DRINKING • BLISTER • BOTTLE • BOWL • CANTEEN • CHIMERICAL • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLASS • CONTAINER • COURSE • CREATURE • CREEPY • CREST • CROP • CROPS • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • CUP • DEPICTION • DRINKING HORN RHYTON • DRINKING VESSEL • DRINKING, RHYTON, HORN • DYNASTY • EDUCATING • EDUCATION • EERIE • EEUU • EMPIRE • EPOCA • EPOCH • ERA • FABLED • FABRICATION • FABULOUS • FANTASTIC • FEATHER • FIFTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTH CENTURY BC • FLASK • FORCE • FORTIFICATION • FRAGMENT • GALLERIE • GALLERY • GILDED • GILDING • GILT • GLAS • GLASS • GLASSFUL • GOBLET • GOLD AND PRECIOUS MATERIALS • GOLD • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • GOLDSMITHERY • GOLDWORK • HARVEST • HARVESTING • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HOARD • HORN, DRINKING • HOUR • INSTRUCTING • INSTRUCTION • IRAN • JAR • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LEO • LEON • LEONINE • LESSON (SCHOOL) • LESSON • LIBATION • LION • LIONS • LIQUID • MANHATTAN, NEW YORK • MANUFACTURE • MANUFACTURING • METALWORK • METALWORKS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM • MUG • MUSEUM • MUSEUMS • MYTH: PERSIAN • NEW YORK CITY • NEW YORK • NEW YORK, USA • NEW YORKER • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • OLD • ORFEBRERIA • OSTRICH • PART • PEDAGOGY • PERFORMANCE • PERIOD • PERSIA • PERSIAN ART • PERSIAN MYTH • PERSIAN • PHIAL • PIECE • PIÈCES • PINACOTECA • PITCHER • POWER (POLITICAL) • POWER • PRIDE • PRODUCING • PRODUCTION • PRODUCTIONS • RECIPIENT • REMAINS • REPRESENTATION • RÉSERVOIR • RHYTON • RHYTON, DRINKING HORN • RIDGE • ROLE • RULE (POLITICAL) • RULE • SCARY • SCENE • SHOW • STRENGTH • STUDENT • TEACHING • TEACHING, EDUCATION • TIME • TRAINING • TREASURE • U. S. • U.S. • UNITED STATES • UNREAL • VASE • VESSEL • VESSEL: BOTTLE • VESSEL: FLASK • VESSEL: PHIAL • WALL • WEATHER • WEIRD • WHIMSICAL