On the Sasanian horse-shaped rhyta. A type of Sasanian wine vessel in historical perspective

• Authors: SKUPNIEWICZ Patryk , AIMONE Marco
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Among the vessel types employed in Sasanian toreutics the horse-shaped rhyta attract attention. They combine the functionality with figural shape. The article aims in setting them within the development of the Iranian drinking vessels with figural elements, and placing them within art-historical sequences. This proves that they match Sasanian decorum and that the fashion continued after the fall of the dynasty.

Keywords

EN

Art History; Sasanian Art; Sasanian Toreutics; Wyvern Collection; Cleveland Museum of Art; Rhyta; Wine Vessel

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 129–140

Contributors

author

SKUPNIEWICZ Patryk

• University of Siedlce, Poland

author

AIMONE Marco

• The Wyvern Research Institute, United Kingdom

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2024.13.08