Antique Gilt Bronze Mid-East Persian Rhyton Lion Cup, Rare jewelry Heavy Cast Bronze

Heavy Cast Bronze

The top and bottom of the vase is ringed by carvings of blooming Chrysanthemums

and to the attention of 17th century European Aristocracy

18TH CENTURY Hand Painted GERMAN CUPBOARD

Antique Gilt Bronze Mid-East Persian Rhyton Lion Cup, Rare jewelry Heavy Cast BronzeWe are offering a rare & wonderful Gilt Bronze Achaemenid (Persian Empire) Rhyton Lion cup. 19th c Grand Tour piece, (Approximate age of this piece is between 1860 to 1880's A Rhyton is a roughly conical container from which fluids were intended to be drunk in ceremonies. Typically formed in the shape of an animal's head, and were produced over large areas of ancient Eurasia, especially from Persia to the Balkans. Dimensions: Height: 4 1 4" Width : 4