Art of the Medes

A selection of images illustrating 25 silver art objects from the total of 54 displayed in the publication ‘The Art of the Medes’. The art objects include vases, bowls, pouring vessels and rhytons (containers) which have been decorated through hammering, chasing and engraving, and occasionally decorated or made in the shape of animals or ornaments.

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