Lot 76. A Parthian Bronze Animal-Headed Rhyton, Iran, circa 1st century B.C. ; 4.4 cm high . Price realised GBP 45,360 ( Estimate GBP 40,000 – GBP 60,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance : Private collection, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1968. Kobayashi...

Lot 56. A Seleucid or Parthian parcel gilt silver bull rhyton, Hellenistic period, circa 2nd century B.C.; 13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) long . Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the current owner,...

Parthian Silver Rhyton with a Caracal Cat and a Fowl, Late 1st century B.C.E., H. 27 cm. © Miho Museum This stunning rhyton or drinking horn depicts the protome (forepart) of a desert lynx (caracal cat, Felis caracal), clutching a desperate cockerel in...

Parthian Silver Gilt Rhyton with a Protome of a Lynx, 1st century B.C.E. Silver gilt, H. 44 cm. © Miho Museum The lynx's body is decorated with vine and grape motifs, clearly indicating a deep relationship with the rites of Dionysus. And we know that...

Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, Iran, Parthian, ca. 1st century B.C. Silver, mercury gilding. H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm). Purchase, Rogers Fund; Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mrs. Muriel Palitz and Geert C. E. Prins Gifts; Pauline...