ancientpeoples: A Large Silver Centaur Rhyton Falerii c.460 BC The end of a silver drinking horn. In the centaur’s left hand was a stringed instrument, possibly a lyre, and in the right hand a plectrum to strike the strings. An exquisite example of ancient silver work.

ancientpeoples:

A Large Silver Centaur Rhyton

Falerii

c.460 BC

The end of a silver drinking horn. In the centaur’s left hand was a stringed instrument, possibly a lyre, and in the right hand a plectrum to strike the strings. An exquisite example of ancient silver work.

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