Title: Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Object type: Vessel
Date: ca. 5th century BCE
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 6 11/16 × 5 7/16 × 3 5/8 in., 2.1 lb. (17 × 13.8 × 9.2 cm, 1 kg)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1954
Geography:      Iran     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions