id:			141487
accession number:	1964.96
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.96
updated:		2019-09-17 08:00:38.565000

Rhyton:  The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess, 500-700. Iran, Sasanian, 600s or Afghanistan, Gandhara, 500s. Silver; overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.96

title:				Rhyton:  The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess
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creation date:			500-700
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		700
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Iran, Sasanian, 600s or Afghanistan, Gandhara, 500s
technique:	silver
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	??
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ZWZN 3
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink
	opening date:   1983-07-26T04:00:00
	<i>Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983).

	title:		All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection
	opening date:   1994-11-23T05:00:00
	<i>All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
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 Shiva. Known in India as Durga, Shiva's wife, and in Iran as Nana, she decapitated a demon who appeared in buffalo form. This was found crushed flat in tombs; its reconstruction took many months to complete.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Minardi, Michele. 2015. "A Silver Rhyton from Afghanistan Held in the Cleveland Museum of Art and Its Historical Context," <em>Journal asiatique</em> 303.1: 59-86.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n38

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n36

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n26

	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 340, fig. 27
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	Kosmin, Paul. "Banqueting on the Move." In <em>Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings</em>.Susanne Ebbinghaus,ed., 310-341. Cambridge, MA:  Harvard Art Museums, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced:  p. 333, fig. 7.25
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