Goblet with Bulls, Northwestern Iran, 12th-11th century B.C., Gold, H-16.5 D-9, (Miho Museum).
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| Pre-Achaemenid Goblet with Bulls Northwestern Iran, 12th-11th c B.C. |
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MIHO MUSEUM
This stunning goblet, notable for the high quality of its craftsmanship, presents an outstanding synthesis of Iranian and Mesopotamian elements. Supported by a small flaring foot and a rosette-covered base, and bordered at top and bottom by carefully executed guilloches, the main surface of the cup contains a row of three imposing bulls. In contrast to the animals' subtly modeled bodies, worked in low relief and covered with rows of fine decorative linear patterns, their naturalistic heads with curving horns are fully in the round, protruding from the surface of the vessel at right angles. more
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