Detail View: The AMICA Library: Rhyton: The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1964.96
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
Creator Dates/Places: 
Iran
Creator Name-CRT: 
Iran, Sasanian
Title: 
Rhyton: The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 600-700
Creation Start Date: 
600
Creation End Date: 
700
Materials and Techniques: 
silver
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Style or Period: 
Sasanian
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19.1cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1964.96
Credit Line: 
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Rights: 
Context: 
Because the woman's widely set, heavy-lidded eyes suggest Indian facial types, she may well represent a Sasanian goddess who was associated with the cult of the Indian god Siva. Known in India as Durga, Siva's wife, and in Iran as Nana, she decapitateda demon who appeared in buffalo form.Both this and the horse rhyton were found crushed flat in tombs. Their reconstruction took many months to complete.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1964.96.tif