Cleveland Museum of Art

Anahita Vessel

Date

300–500 CE

Medium

silver, cast, raised, repoussé, chased, and gilted

Culture

Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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