design-is-fine:Winged bezoar goat (capra aegagrus), 400-350 B.C. Supposedly from Erzincan on the Eup
design-is-fine:Winged bezoar goat (capra aegagrus), 400-350 B.C. Supposedly from Erzincan on the Euphrates, Anatolia bpk Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Johannes LaurentiusThe winged bezoar goat was the left handle on a silver amphora, its counterpart ‘from Amisos in Pontos’ can be seen in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The solid cast animals originally stood with their front hoofs on the lip of a large vessel. All parts are embellished with a thin layer of gold sheet. Source Gertrud Platz-Horster -- source link