Detail View: The AMICA Library: Rhyton: The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1964.96
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Iran
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iran, Sasanian
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Title:
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Rhyton: The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 600-700
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Creation Start Date:
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600
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Creation End Date:
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700
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Materials and Techniques:
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silver
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Style or Period:
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Sasanian
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 19.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1964.96
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1964.96.tif
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