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Anahita Vessel
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About this work
These dancers may be sacred images of the Zoroastrian religion of the Sasanians or they may be bacchantes, followers of a cult of the Roman wine god, Bacchus, who was popular in the Near East.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAnahita Vessel, 300–500 CE. Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE). Silver, cast, raised, repoussé, chased, and gilted; overall: 18.5 x 11.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer, 1962.294
